Ahead of the October 7 vice presidential debate, a coalition of LGBTQ advocacy organizations — including the Human Rights Campaign, LGBTQ Victory Fund, and Media Matters Action Network — sent debate moderator Susan Page a letter urging her to ask candidates about LGBTQ issues.
According to Yahoo News, the letter "specifically zeroed in on stances taken by Pence and the Trump administration as racist, misogynistic, and transphobic, and urged both Page and the commission to press Pence on his record." The letter was ignored.
GLAAD pointed out in its own statement ahead of the vice presidential debate that Pence has yet to be asked about his role in the administration's record of anti-LGBTQ policy and rhetoric.