Biden, Castro among 2020 hopefuls to attend Iowa LGBTQ forum

[highplainsdem]

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/biden-castro-among-2020-hopefuls-attend-iowa-lgbtq-forum-n1042721

At least four Democratic presidential hopefuls — Joe Biden, Julián Castro, Joe Sestak and Marianne Williamson — are expected to attend an LGBTQ forum in Iowa on Sept. 20.

The event at Coe College in Cedar Rapids will be hosted by One Iowa, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy group; The Gazette, a daily in Eastern Iowa; and The Advocate, an LGBTQ magazine. The candidates will address the audience before a question-and-answer session with the three moderators, one from each of the host organizations.

Courtney Reyes, the interim director of One Iowa, said the event will "focus on LGBTQ people in the heartland and their needs."

“The overarching narrative that LGBTQ people in the U.S. live in urban coastal areas ignores the millions of LGBTQ individuals living and working in the middle of the country,” Reyes wrote in a statement. “We look forward to hearing what the presidential candidates have to say to this often overlooked, but politically powerful community.”

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I checked One Iowa's website

https://oneiowa.org/

to see if any more candidates have confirmed that they'll be at the forum since that story was published yesterday. If they have, it isn't on that website yet (or mentioned in their tweets, which I just checked).



Biden was also the guest speaker at the Human Rights Campaign's Columbus Dinner a few months ago:

[highplainsdem]

1. kick

[ucrdem]

2. Oh good

I'm glad he'll be there!

[peggysue2]

3. Good to hear Biden will be in attendance!

[Cha]

4. Thank you for this, highplainsdem!