http://outfrontblog.com/2008/09/whither-gay-media-in-this-economy.html The Full Spectrum of LGBT Communications Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:29:42 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://outfrontblog.com/2008/09/whither-gay-media-in-this-economy.html/comment-page-1#comment-201 Chris Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:54:44 +0000 http://outfrontblog.com/2008/09/whither-gay-media-in-this-economy/#comment-201 Unless reader or viewership is down, I don't see why gay media dollars would be affected. I'm not a reader of gay magazines, but I do watch LOGO and value the connection it gives me to the larger gay community. Though I live in a mid-sized city with several gay businesses, the culture here is generally conservative. The gay community here is not centralized. So feeling part of a community, even a virtual/TVlandish one, can be a great value for many LGBT folks like myself. You could say I've developed a greater appreciation for our gay media and their ability to create a sense of community. I used to read Out. Maybe its time I started again. This might be a good call to action for our community: Buy gay publications. Watch gay cable channels. Support theses media and maybe the dollars will continue to come. Unless reader or viewership is down, I don’t see why gay media dollars would be affected.
I’m not a reader of gay magazines, but I do watch LOGO and value the connection it gives me to the larger gay community.
Though I live in a mid-sized city with several gay businesses, the culture here is generally conservative. The gay community here is not centralized. So feeling part of a community, even a virtual/TVlandish one, can be a great value for many LGBT folks like myself.
You could say I’ve developed a greater appreciation for our gay media and their ability to create a sense of community.
I used to read Out. Maybe its time I started again.
This might be a good call to action for our community:
Buy gay publications.
Watch gay cable channels.
Support theses media and maybe the dollars will continue to come.

]]> http://outfrontblog.com/2008/09/whither-gay-media-in-this-economy.html/comment-page-1#comment-200 Winston Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:23:16 +0000 http://outfrontblog.com/2008/09/whither-gay-media-in-this-economy/#comment-200 I want the Advocate, Out, Attitude, DNA, Tetu, reFresh, Pref, Genre, HX, GUS, DOM and all magazines like them to fail. They constant put straights on the covers. Their big stories are always of straight people. They value straights more than gay people. They are oppressing gay people instead of moving us forward. I want the Advocate, Out, Attitude, DNA, Tetu, reFresh, Pref, Genre, HX, GUS, DOM and all magazines like them to fail. They constant put straights on the covers. Their big stories are always of straight people. They value straights more than gay people. They are oppressing gay people instead of moving us forward.

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