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LGBT Voters to Get Sirius About Their Presidential Choices

SIRIUS Satellite Radio is holding a “queer caucus” of sorts tomorrow on The Michelangelo Signorile Show. The show is a part of the Internet and satellite radio company’s OutQ LGBT radio channel 109. The SIRIUS event is well, seriously not an actual caucus, of course, but rather a chance for the LGBT community to discuss the candidates’ positions amongst ourselves. The Michelangelo Signorile Show “caucus” will air live from 3:00 until 5:00 EDT tomorrow (January 31).

Appearing on the program will be Hilary Rosen in support of Senator Hillary Clinton, and Stampp Corbin for Senator Barack Obama. Rosen is president of the lesbian social networking site OurChart.com, an active public speaker, and regularly appears on national TV as a political and business commentator. It does not appear that Rosen is officially affiliated with the Clinton campaign. Corbin is the National LGBT Liaison for the Obama campaign and co-chair of the National LGBT Leadership Team, Obama for America ‘08. A high-tech entrepreneur, Corbin also served on The Board of Directors of the Human Rights Campaign from 1996-2003 and has also served as co-chair of HRC’s Finance Committee Co-Chair.

Also scheduled to appear was Eric Stern, a political advisor to the John Edwards for President Campaign. Sirius has not announced whether or not Stern will still appear, now that Edwards has bowed out of the campaign. Sterns is an attorney, educator, social activist and veteran of multiple Democratic campaigns. 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, according to the Sirius press release.

The guests will discuss the candidates’ platforms and views, and take questions from callers. Sirius has more than 8 million subscribers who listen to its commercia-free programming on satellite radios or over the Internet. If you are not one of them, you can still listen in and participate. Just sign up for a three-day free trial here.

After all the talk, how will we know where the LGBT audience stands? Sirius Spokesperson Hillary Schupf tells Life on Q that “listeners are encouraged to participate in an online poll, where they can vote in the caucus for their candidate of choice.” Voting will be open during the show and results will be announced at the end. With “super-duper” Tuesday less than a week away, and John Edwards abandoning his candidacy, it will be interesting to see how candidate positions, and LGBT support, have shifted since last summer’s Presidential Forum on Logo TV.