Update: For a real answer to this question, see Big Wild Gay? about Anchorage, and the statewide resource list Where to Find GLBT Alaska.

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Sen. Joe Biden, Obama’s choice for Vice President, has not said anything about gay Alaskans.

But last year, one of the other presidential hopefuls showed his knowledge of Alaska’s vibrant LGBT community at an HRC event in Los Angeles.

Melissa Etheridge asked former senator Mike Gravel about his support for same-sex marriage, then asked, “Are there many gay people up in Alaska?” Listen to his response:

We’ve been through a long, strange nomination process that ends at this week’s Democratic Convention. The clip shows a GLBT Alaska moment in that process. It also shows how far we still have to go: the current presidential and vice presidential candidates do not support same-sex marriage.

Are there more than two (and a half) gay people in Alaska? YES! See Bent Alaska’s resource list: Where to Find GLBT Alaska.