French viewers get a gay TV channel

[kskiska]

"A giant leap for television, a small step in high heels," the presenter promised, unveiling France's first gay television station which aims to make gay culture mainstream and marks a new climate of tolerance in Roman Catholic France.

Pink TV, which launched last night, promises viewers a mixture of Wonder Woman repeats, prime-time opera and gay and lesbian porn. A daily cultural review will look at issues like tourism, health, poetry and clubbing from a gay perspective, in a style which aims to be "more cosy than cheeky".

Supported by France's three main commercial television networks, the cable and satellite channel benefits from a relatively new atmosphere of openness towards homosexuality in France.

Pascal Houzelot, the station's founder and president, said the country was ready for the channel: "Pink is coming at the right moment. There's been a real change in mentality. We've seen society change, we've seen the law change ... Gays in France have gone from the era of tolerance to the era of legality, which simply means equality." The channel's creation has been met with enthusiasm in the French press.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1336079,00.html

[freetobegay]

1. Those damn French!

What will they do next?

[PartyPooper]

2. As Oscar Wilde once said, "the love that can not be spoken".

Well, we're finally out of the closet now! I love it!

BTW, my quote was probably a little inaccurate. But, who the fuck cares? ;-)


:loveya:

:toast:

:beer:

[bunkerbuster1]

8. "The love that dare not speak its name"

I believe that's what you were looking for.

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Saw an ad on DISH Network the other night

for one of their new channels avaiable. They call it an alternative channel, but it's really a gay/lesbian channel. They showed quick clips from several of the shows the channel is carrying.

[951]

4. " Wonder Woman repeats, prime-time opera and gay and lesbian porn"

Is this broadcast for free or do you have to pay a subscription for the porn?

[Laughing Mirror]

6. Pink TV costs subscribers 9 Euros per month,

Porn (8% of total program schedule) included.

[MattNC]

5. isn't MTV starting one supposedly?

[xchrom]

7. vive la france!

[masmdu]

9. There is already a Gay TV channel NOW in the US....Check

Check out Q-TV http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041020/205925_1.html

Now in major markets, NY, Boston, SF, LA and many more. And it's also publicly traded. Currently at 1/3 of a penny per share. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=qbid.pk&d=t

[BiggJawn]

10. 300 shares a Dollar?

Hmmm....So if Q-TV catches on, and you got in early....
Wonder how many straight-laced (pun intended) brokers I'd have to call to find one who'd acknowledge it existed?