9:13: The Bloomberg News political columnist’s first world of the evening: “lesbian.” And then she said it again for good measure. Doogie Howser is in the L.A.-based crowd. Hey, wait, he’s not a lesbian.

Barack Obama was the first to confirm his appearance at the LOGO/Human Rights Campaign forum, so he’s the first to pop his cherry with the gay round table, which consists of the president of the Human Rights Campaign, a black WaPo reporter and Melissa Etheridge. Yes, she’s a lesbian.

Barack’s tending to be boring and not seeming to have much flair.

We’re done liveblogging about Barack unless something really gay, or at least until something interesting happens.

9:23: John Edwards is next in the hot seat. Hair is looking nicely coiffed as usual.

9:26: Edwards says he’s comfortable around gay people. Especially a room full of gay people.

9:34: Edwards says he shouldn’t have said his faith prevents him from supporting gay marriage. “From my perspective, it it wrong…to impose my faith belief on the American people…” Still, his position on same sex marriage has not changed, he adds. “All I can tell you is where I am today.”

9:41: Shorty Kucinich is up to bat. “Imagine the equal sign inside a heart,” says he. “I stand for real equality.” Yup, he’s a gay icon. He may be short, but he’s bigger than Madonna in that respect.

9:45: Does anyone else wanna shrink Denny down and carry him around? He’s like an elfin hippie. All full of love.

9:47: Melissa Ethridge just got a boner for Kucinich, says she “fawns” for him.

9:58: Kucinich concludes by channeling Joan Crawford: “I love you all!!!!”

10:06: Mike Gravel beams from not being treated unequally for once — he gets the same amount of time as Barack and Hillary! Thanks to the gays!

10:09: “There’s love and fear,” says Gravel. And he’ll take the love, thank you. (But he hates Obama and Edwards and Clinton.)

10:10: “A good politician can tell you to go to hell and make you look forward to the trip.” Hey, this “debate” could be the highway to hell.

10:14: Gravel likes being called “kooky,” so screw you. And marijuana should be available in liquor stores. And prescriptions should be written for cocaine and heroin. Wait. WTF?

10:18: Gravel’s closing statement: “Gays, come out of the closet, please.”

10:20: Bill Richardson sounds a heck of a lot like Barack. Zoning out again.

10:30: Bill says he’s not a scientist, thinks homosexuality is a choice. Melissa is dumbfounded. The gays look mad.

10:32: Melissa changes the subject to bark beetles. Seriously.

10:36: And bringing up the rear in a shiny red jacket (with a hint of cleavage!): Hillary Clinton, aka the lady Michael Musto says is a lesbian.

10:40: Hillary talks a lot! Margaret looks a tad bored.

10:41: She’s positive she doesn’t like gay marriage, prefers civil unions. “How we get to full equality is the debate we’re having.” Except this ain’t a debate.

10:44: “This has not been a long-term struggle — yet.” So, Hill thinks gays need to struggle more. And Karl Rove is evil, too.

10:46: Melissa remembers coming out during Bill Clinton’s inauguration: “We were very hopeful.” But in the years that followed, her heart was broken, she was thrown under the bus. Hillary doesn’t recall any of that.

10:49: But Hillary feels her pain. So all’s well.

10:52: Hillary would not put someone on the bench who is known to be anti-gay. “I am your girl,” she proclaims.

10:55: The end. And all the world’s a gay.