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This is exactly my complaint with Queer media.

Here! TV was the first national LGBT TV network. They are gay-owned & operated.

Q Television was the second that came about 10 years later.

Then Logo popped up a few years after that.

HERE! Had a massive library of content detailing our history,
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our struggles, our victories. But they struggled for eyeballs.

Q had a modest library of more recent content, but tried to focus on live content (news, etc) too much.

Logo purchased the rights to everything they could get their hands on for 5 years preceding their launch. They paid top dollar for
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everything and made sure they had exclusive rights, thereby shutting out the competition.

And LGBTQIA people FLOCKED to Logo. And what did Logo do with that audience? They kept 90% of the programming in the vault and then used us for that sweet advertising money, and then shit all over us by
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supporting (through their parent company) politicians and legislation that hurt us.

And still, knowing the facts, LGBTQIA people stayed with them because "representation matters". At what cost?! Our dignity. Our humanity.

There's too many of us that are too happy to aid those who want us erased
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just to be able to say, "look where we're at".

Logo is still shitting all over us because they are hoarding and hiding OUR media!

Q has been gone since '06, but HERE! is still around and still fighting for eyeballs.

My #LGBTQIA brothers and sisters, pay attention. We have shown in the past just
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how impactful our money is. Stop crawling through barbed wire for a crumb of representation, only to get hit with a baseball bat when you come out the other side.

Support those who ACTUALLY represent us!!
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And my cis-het brothers and sisters, pay more attention. Just because something "looks" like it's a step forward for BBIMP and LGBTQIA people, doesn't mean it is. Educate yourselves on just who is behind it. Who's pulling the strings.

This is another way for you to be an ally. Stop supporting those
10:28 PM - Jan 13, 2024
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wearing the mask and pretending to be on our side. Cause they ain't, and your continued support is hurting us.
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