Hillary Clinton Likes "Queer As Folk," & Other Revelations From PAC Fundraiser at a Gay Dance Club

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/queer-as-folk-ready-for-hillary-clinton



Turns out Hillary Clinton, the once and perhaps future presidential candidate, is a Queer As Folk fan—at least according to Michelle Clunie, a star of the Showtime series that aired in the early 2000s and has become iconic in the LGBT community.

"I met Hillary after I campaigned for her," Clunie said Wednesday night. "She was very sweet with me. I was introduced as a Queer As Folk actress and she said, 'I thought I recognized you.'"

Clunie spoke at a Washington, DC, fundraiser for Ready for Hillary, a super-PAC formed to support Clinton's possible 2016 presidential run. The group, which bills itself as a grassroots effort (donations are capped at $25,000) to encourage Clinton to launch a campaign, hosted the event, dubbed "Out & Ready for Hillary," to raise money and gather voter information from the LGBT community. "This is a long fight, we have a long way to go before 2016," Clunie told the crowd of 300 Clinton fans, about three-quarters of them men. "Hillary hasn't thrown her hat into the ring but we have to show up for her."

Ready for Hillary aims to be a younger, hipper super-PAC than the ones that defined the 2012 election. To that end, the group moved uptown from the hotel ballrooms that host stodgier DC fundraisers and rented Town Discotheque, a gay club on the bustling U Street corridor. Town is perhaps best known for its Friday Bear Happy Hour—think hairy humans, not Winnie or Smoky—during which barrel-chested men socialize, often shirtless, over $5 personal-size pitchers of beer. (Andrew Sullivan listed the weekly event as one of the things he most missed about DC when he moved to New York.) Other evenings, the club transforms into a sweaty mess of dancing, and on 18+ night it swarms with the lithe fresh-out-the-closet set, out on the town for a night of top-40 club bangers.

[William769]

1. Just another reason why I love Hillary!

[irisblue]

2. kinda late to my civil rights Sec Clinton

Sen Portman ...hardright twit of Ohio spoke out for some civil rights for LGBT citizens before SOS Clinton did.

[dsc]

6. that is just plain flat out untrue

It is true that Portman came out for marriage, on March 15th to Clinton's March 18th, a whole entire 72 hours. In comparison, Clinton has supported ENDA, hate crimes legislation, non discrimination in adoption, ending DADT, and a whole host of other gay rights measures for decades while Portman still opposes them all, down the line. Your post is so dishonest you should be ashamed.

[Fearless]

3. Ten to one she's never seen a moment of it.

[MNBrewer]

4. "I thought I recognized you."

"I thought I recognized you." = "I'm a big fan of the show you're in, and also a huge GLBT supporter."?

[stevenleser]

5. QAF was a great show. nt