'We're invisible in this conversation,' tweeted Charlotte Clymer, a press secretary at the Human Rights Campaign.
While LGBTQ issues were left off the table during Tuesday's debate in Ohio, the moderators did have time to ask the candidates about comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her friendship with former President George W. Bush. The two were recently spotted together at a Dallas Cowboys football game. A photograph of them went viral, and LGBTQ advocates slammed DeGeneres for being close to Bush, who opposed gay marriage during his time in office.
DeGeneres addressed the controversy, explaining that she is friends with a lot of people who don't share her exact views or beliefs. She also called on others to do the same.CNN's Anderson Cooper brought up that moment and then asked the Democratic candidates to talk about a"friendship that you've had that would surprise us." It was one of the last questions of the night in a debate that largely ignored climate change, housing and immigration.
"Let me get this straight: They can't ask one question about LGBTQ+ rights in FOUR debates but they can ask the presidential candidates to help Ellen cape for a war criminal who opposed same-sex marriage, LGBTQ+ inclusive hate crimes laws, and gay inclusion in the Boy Scouts?"However, just last week CNN did hold the first-ever presidential town hall devoted solely to LGBTQ issues, with nine of the Democratic candidates.
From left, Democratic presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Steyer, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang, Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Julian Castro at the start of the October 15 debate at Otterbein University in Ohio.
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