Clinton campaign unveils gay supportersPoliticians, activists lend names to early listBy JOSHUA LYNSEN Apr 17, 11:55 AM
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign has released exclusively to the Washington Blade an early list of gay professionals and activists who support her White House run.
Clinton's camp, which furnished the list at the Blade's request, called it "just a sample" of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender leaders who support her.
Names on the list, in alphabetical order, include:
• Christopher Barley, New York City general internist
• Mary Breslauer, principal at Communications Solutions, co-host of HRC's XM radio show "The Agenda"
• Ilene Chaiken, creator and executive producer of television series "The L Word"
• Bruce Cohen, film and television producer
• Tom Duane, New York state senator
• Steve Elmendorf, president of Elmendorf Strategies
• Ethan Geto, partner at Geto & de Milly
• Emily Giske, Democratic National Committee member
• Deborah Glick, New York state Assembly member
• Chad Griffin, political consultant
• Rebecca Haag, executive director of AIDS Action
• Fred Hochberg, dean at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
• Roberta Kaplan, attorney at Paul Weiss
• Billy Jean King, sports legend and social activist
• Neel Lattimore, director of strategic communications at Children's Defense Fund
• Rachel Lavine, New York state committee member
• Danny O'Donnell, New York state Assembly member
• Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council
• Hilary Rosen, founding partner at Berman Rosen Strategies, former head of RIAA
• Peter Rosenstein, president of PDR Associates and Washington-based gay rights activist
• Mirian Saez, Democratic National Committee member
• Jeff Soref, former chair of the Democratic National Committee LGBT caucus
• Jill Stauffer, board of directors at HRC
• Sally Susman, executive vice president for global communications at Estee Lauder Companies
• Matthew Titone, New York state Assembly member
• David Wilson, member HRC board of directors
The list of supporters comes one week after former U.S. Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) released a list of prominent gay professionals and activists who have endorsed his White House run.
Look for a complete story about the emerging gay support for presidential contenders in Friday's print and online editions of the Blade.
Joshua Lynsen can be reached at jlynsen@washblade.com.
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Hum ... list is very heavily NYC and DC based. I'm sure that there are plenty of other LGBT leaders supporting Sen. Clinton, but it does appear to be missing heft on the left coast, especially in the Bay Area. Maybe some folks from this group will change that.
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