{"id":23424,"date":"2019-03-20T12:12:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=23424"},"modified":"2019-03-20T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:33:48","slug":"2020-democratic-candidates-will-formally-debate-lgbtq-issues-this-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/03\/2020-democratic-candidates-will-formally-debate-lgbtq-issues-this-october\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Democratic candidates will formally debate LGBTQ issues this October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttlieg32019NEW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttlieg32019NEW.jpg 720w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buttlieg32019NEW-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Mayor Pete Buttigieg (r) &amp; husband Chasten Glezman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democratic presidential candidates will appear at an LGBTQ forum later this year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/hrc-and-ucla-to-host-2020-presidential-candidates-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Human Rights Campaign (opens in a new tab)\">Human Rights Campaign<\/a> will host a presidential debate on October 10, 2019, at UCLA &#8211; the eve of National Coming Out Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates will be able to qualify for the forum by getting at least 1% support in three different national polls and getting over 65,000 donors from 20 different states, the same as the requirements for getting into the other primary debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first openly gay politician to run for president, South Bend Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peteforamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pete Buttigieg (opens in a new tab)\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> from Indiana, has said he\u2019s met the donor threshold to be included in the debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2019\/03\/will-presidential-primary-debate-year-focused-solely-lgbtq-issues\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Exit polls in 2016 (opens in a new tab)\">Exit polls in 2016<\/a> found that 78% of LGBT people voted for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, up from the 70% that voted for Barack Obama in 2008, so LGBT people are a loyal Democratic constituency that the primary candidates should want to appeal to.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic presidential candidates will appear at an LGBTQ forum later this year. 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