Representatives and Supporters for Clinton, Obama, Edwards Campaigns Vie for the Gay Community’s Vote on SIRIUS OutQ

SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today it will hold its
first ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender presidential caucus
on January 31, 2008 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm ET on The Michelangelo
Signorile Show on SIRIUS OutQ, the nation’s only 24/7 LGBT radio
channel. Representatives and supporters for Hillary Clinton, Barack
Obama and John Edwards will share their candidates’ platforms and
views, take questions from callers, and engage in an open dialogue with
SIRIUS’ national audience.

Signorile’s show — spanning politics, media, and popular culture
and how it affects the LGBT community — is further representation of
SIRIUS’ broad, diversified commitment to covering the 2008 presidential
campaign. The Michelangelo Signorile Show airs Monday - Friday from
2:00 - 6:00 pm ET on SIRIUS OutQ channel 109. The show features
newsmakers, community leaders, and highlights the many voices of the
LGBT community. In addition to The Michelangelo Signorile Show, SIRIUS
offers multiple dedicated political talk and news channels.

For
the LGBT Caucus, Hilary Rosen will support Senator Clinton. She is the
President of OurChart.com, an active public speaker, and a regular
on-air political and business commentator on national television. She
is the former Chairman and chief executive officer of the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA). Stampp Corbin will represent
Senator Obama. Corbin is the National LGBT Liaison for the Obama
campaign, and Co-Chair of the National LGBT Leadership Team, Obama for
America ‘08. He served on The Board of Directors of the Human Rights
Campaign from 1996-2003, and served as HRC Finance Committee Co-Chair
from 1998 to 2003. He is also a successful high-tech entrepreneur. Eric
Stern will represent Senator Edwards. He is a Political Advisor to the
John Edwards for President Campaign. Stern is an attorney, educator,
and social activist who worked for more than a decade on numerous
Democratic campaigns and in the movement for social justice and
equality. In the 2004 election cycle, Stern served as the Director of
LGBT Outreach at the Democratic National Committee where he developed a
voter mobilization plan that helped to turnout more than 3.5 million
LGBT votes for Democratic candidates nationally.

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