[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/there-will-be-a-presidential-primary-debate-entirely-on-lgbtq-issues\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/there-will-be-a-presidential-primary-debate-entirely-on-lgbtq-issues\/","headline":"There will be a presidential primary debate entirely on LGBTQ+ issues","name":"There will be a presidential primary debate entirely on LGBTQ+ issues","description":"Later this year, the Democratic presidential candidates will appear at an LGBTQ+ forum hosted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).","datePublished":"2019-03-19","dateModified":"2019-03-19","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/#Person","name":"Fin Leary","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/","identifier":6376,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Announced-Democratic-candidates-.png","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Announced-Democratic-candidates-.png","height":722,"width":1480},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/there-will-be-a-presidential-primary-debate-entirely-on-lgbtq-issues\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":259,"keywords":["2020 election","Democratic candidates","Human Rights Campaign","LGBTQ forum","LGBTQ issues","LGBTQ Rights","presidential candidates","presidential debates","presidential election","presidential primary","primary debates"],"articleBody":"Later this year, the Democratic presidential candidates will appear at an LGBTQ+ forum hosted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The HRC is hosting the presidential forum on October 10, 2019, the night before National Coming Out Day, in Royce Hall at UCLA.HRC has yet to announce the format of the forum or who will be moderating, but it will focus specifically on LGBTQ+ issues.Candidates will be able to qualify for the HRC forum\u00a0by getting at least 1 percent support in three different national polls and getting over 65,000 donors from 20 different states, which are the same requirements for getting into the other primary debates.This is the first HRC-hosted forum since 2007, which included candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson. That forum also centered on LGBTQ+ rights and was broadcast on Logo. It was moderated by\u00a0Margaret Carlson and the panelists were HRC\u2019S Joe Solmonese, New York Daily News editorial page writer and In The Life reporter Jonathan Capehart and singer Melissa Etheridge.According to HRC, “on Election Day 2018, exit polling showed that more than seven million LGBTQ voters\u2014six percent of total turnout\u2014cast ballots, making the difference in key races from coast to coast.”“Millions of LGBTQ people will have their rights on the ballot in 2020\u2014but today we are also a powerful voting bloc that will help determine the outcome. We\u2019re excited to partner with UCLA and create an opportunity to hear candidates\u2019 agendas for moving equality forward,”\u00a0HRC President Chad Griffin says in a press release."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"There will be a presidential primary debate entirely on LGBTQ+ issues","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/there-will-be-a-presidential-primary-debate-entirely-on-lgbtq-issues\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]