Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  An Openly Gay Candidate Is Openly Paired in an Ad (Manhattan President)
NEWS DETAILS
Parent(s) Race 
ContributorCOSDem 
Last EditedCOSDem  Aug 31, 2005 09:04pm
Logged 0
CategoryNews
MediaNewspaper - New York Times
News DateThursday, September 1, 2005 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBrian Ellner, a candidate in the crowded race for Manhattan borough president, has created what he believes will be the first televised campaign commercial in New York City's history in which an openly gay politician appears with his partner.

Gay activists in Washington, New York and California said in interviews on Friday that they could not say the commercial was a first in the nation, but that it was certainly the first they had heard about featuring a gay candidate with his or her lover. Homosexual candidates have been appearing more often with their partners in mailings, they said.

Mr. Ellner's campaign has spent $250,000 to begin running the advertisement on local cable and broadcast stations this week. It is likely to cause a stir for reasons other than the appearance of Mr. Ellner's partner, Simon Holloway.

The commercial opens with a shot of President Bush's face and then pulls back to show his head attached to a man's bare torso, as Mr. Ellner declares, "The emperor has no clothes."
Share
ArticleRead Full Article

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION