The Run-up to Pennsylvania

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The Run-up to

            Pennsylvania
       What do Jennifer
            Beals and Chelsea Clinton have in common? They
            both have big gay followings and they're both stumping for
            their       candidate in Philadelphia. Follow the action
            Thursday and Friday on       The Advocate's Election 2008       Blog.      
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          Apr 18, 2008
          
        
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       What do Jennifer
            Beals and Chelsea Clinton have in common? They
            both have big gay followings and they're both stumping for
            their       candidate in Philadelphia. Follow the action
            Thursday and Friday on       The Advocate's Election 2008       Blog.     

        
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The Run-up to
Pennsylvania

What do Jennifer Beals and Chelsea Clinton have in common? They both have big gay followings and they're both stumping for their candidate in Philadelphia. Follow the action Thursday and Friday on The Advocate's Election 2008 Blog.

The Latest

Mike Johnson lecturing the pope Is a blasphemy that LGBTQ+ people know all too well

Opinion: The speaker reads the Trump Bible, while Pope Leo uses the King James Version, which teaches love, compassion, and acceptance, writes John Casey.

Don Lemon at HRC dinner: 'When the First Amendment becomes optional, democracy becomes hollow'

The out journalist, making a surprise appearance, talked about press freedom and his recent arrest.

Becca Good attends memorial for wife Renee, offers statement: 'Renee always showed up'

"You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know," Becca Good pointed out.

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“We want to make sure that Virginia families know that here in Virginia, it is not just a Supreme Court decision that protects them, but it is also our state constitution," the Democratic governor said.

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The Run-up to Pennsylvania

What do Jennifer Beals and Chelsea Clinton have in common? They both have big gay followings and they're both stumping for their candidate in Philadelphia. Follow the action Thursday and Friday on The Advocate's Election 2008 Blog.

FROM OUR SPONSORS

The Latest

Opinion: The speaker reads the Trump Bible, while Pope Leo uses the King James Version, which teaches love, compassion, and acceptance, writes John Casey.

The out journalist, making a surprise appearance, talked about press freedom and his recent arrest.

"You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know," Becca Good pointed out.

With Black Americans disproportionately affected by HIV, it's a day to encourage testing, prevention, and treatment but also to talk about systemic barriers.

More For You

Most Popular

Turning Point USA is organizing a show headlined by Kid Rock for right-wingers upset with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Strayhorn wrote many of Ellington's big hits and lived as an out gay man in mid-century America.

“We want to make sure that Virginia families know that here in Virginia, it is not just a Supreme Court decision that protects them, but it is also our state constitution," the Democratic governor said.

The gay actor delivered a 400-year-old monologue on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that fiercely confronts American cruelty toward immigrants in 2026.

Trump gave Greg Bovino the boot, and now not even a sports bar in Sin City wants him around.

Lesbians fought homophobia in the feminist movement with humor and heart.

The Run-up to
Pennsylvania