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GAY CHANNELS TARGETED BY AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Thursday, April 14 2005
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Meanwhile, the American Family Association, headed by the Rev. Tim Wildmon, has launched a campaign against two gay-oriented cable channels, Here and LOGO. "I don't think most parents want their children flipping channels on their way to the Cartoon Network and running across a scene of two men kissing in bed on the Logo network," Wildmon said. He urged followers to avoid advertisers who sponsor "this type of offensive, heavy-duty homosexual content."
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GAY CHANNEL PUT ON HOLD
Friday, January 14 2005
Suggesting
that
negotiations
with
cable
companies
had
been
moving
more
slowly
than
expected,
MTV
Networks
exec
Brian
Graden
announced
Thursday
that
it
had
moved
back
the
starting
date
of
its
planned
gay-oriented
channel
Logo
to
June
30.
It
was
originally
scheduled
to
go
on
the
air
on
Valentine's
Day,
Feb.
14.
Graden
said
that
it
could
have
made
the
scheduled
launch
date
but
would
only
have
been
available
in
about
two
million
homes.
If
current
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CONTROVERSY RISES OVER FRENCH GAY CHANNEL
Monday, November 8 2004
On
the
air
less
than
two
weeks,
France's
gay
channel
Pink
TV
has
already
managed
to
stir
up
controversy
in
and
out
of
the
country's
gay
community.
Today's
(Monday)
New
York
Times
reported
that
an
ad
for
the
channel,
showing
France's
François
Mitterand
and
Germany's
Helmut
Kohl
walking
hand-in-hand
in
a
1984
photo
over
the
caption
"There's
more
to
life
than
sex"
has
particularly
outraged
conservative
groups,
although
the
channel's
founder,
Pascal
Houzelot,
told
the
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