Former editor of the Washington Blade and Blogger Chris Crain has a new post, calling John Edwards the frontrunner on gay issues.

Crain writes "There may be three Democrats in the "top tier" of presidential candidates, but on gay issues we now have a clear frontrunner. Now that we can see in complete form the "campaign statements" issued by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama last week on gay issues, it's clear that rival John Edwards is willing to go further and is much stronger on the specifics."

Crain also comments on Edwards strength on transgender issues. Commenting on the recent HRC questionaires filled out by Edwards, Obama, and Clinton, Crain writes: "It's also noteworthy that only Edwards commits to inclusion of "gender identity" in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, although both he and Clinton (but not Obama) back a similar category in federal hate crime laws."