Is it me...or is Logo Channel really entertaining.

I recently changed from satelite to cable and acquired the LOGO channel which (if you didnt' know) is a gay/lesbian/bi/transexual channel.

I am a straight woman, but am really finding the channel delightful..sincerely. Perhaps it's just a breath of fresh air, or a change of pace. Not really sure.


Thoughts? (and I'm not asking if anyone thinks I'm harboring latent gay tendancies...if being gay were a choice, I'd have switched teams LONG ago!)

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Updated On: 2/1/09 at 07:20 AM

No need to be sorry. In a few weeks more, I might totally agree with you!

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I haven't seen that, but I've enjoyed a few of the movies and the wedding show, First Comes Love...I'm a sap, what can I say?

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One of my problems with the channel is the fact that many things are cut and bleeped. What is the point of showing Queer as Folk if you are going to cut some of the language and the scenes? Also, the TV shows are so unwatchable. I don't know how Here! and Go! are but if they are anyway near the "quality" of Logo, there is a problem. It seems to me that Logo is missing some opportunities.

I think that it is alright to have some of the TV shows they show because some people enjoy them. But they shouldn't be chopped or censored. Same goes with the films they show. To me, there isn't anything on it that is worth watching, which is a shame.

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I have a question or theory to run by you. While Logo programming and Queer as Folk are generally reviled by the gay population, do you think they serve as an education tool to some extent for straight, middle America? QAF had/has a large straight female following, and it has introduced such topics as living with HIV, coming out and parental acceptance, sexuality, custody and parenting issues, same sex marriage, discrimination, and gay bashing. Would this segment of society even think of these issues without QAF and Logo? And can a shift in attitudes be attributed? After all, where and when would straight America see a film such as Latter Days which I think illustrates the inner turmoil suffered by gay folks who are also Christian?

Please discuss.

I've loved the Big Gay Sketch Shows I've seen. The one where Colman "Passing Strange" Domingo faithfully recreates the nelly weatherman freaking out when the giant cockroach walks across the floor almost made me make pee pee in my pants. Then as the episode went on, they built on the idea until, like (I may be making this part up) a herd of buffalo were running through the studio. I think there's some sketch comedy gold in that show.

Otherwise I never seem to watch Logo.

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Regarding QAF, I think the gay community really liked the original series. When it came to America, they destroyed it. Here, at least, it was very popular for the 1st season and then some people kind of stopped watching it. I know more gay men that kept up with The L Word. The American version of QAF started to stray from the original and a lot of people I know became disinterested.

Regarding Logo, I know a lot of people were upset over the cancelling of Noah's Arc. From what I have read, it was their most popular show. So they announce that they are filming the Noah's Arc movie and It finally came out this year but is playing in small art house theaters for about a week or two. There never seemed to be a good explanation for cancelling their most popular show. And Logo never really made the announcement that the show was cancelled, it came from the actors. I don't have Logo, but I am being told by friends who have it that they don't watch it much anymore because the programming is not that good and that they cut a lot of movies.

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Then let me re-phrase that.....Of all of the people I know in the gay community, they liked the original series and bailed on the American version before the 1st season was over. The people that I know within the community live all over the country and were telling me that their friends did not like the American version either. I do know people who watched the series through the end. But not many. There was no meeting or vote. I made that comment based on what I was hearing from friends.

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I wish I got this channel.

All right. You may refer to that Showtime mess as the "American" QAF since Toronto is in North America, but seriously, everything about that production was Canadian.

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I miss Logo...I don't get it anymore

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Every time I tune in it seems to be lesbian programing. Not that I have anything against lesbians, I just don't quite understand the balance. Is there a schedule of some kind?

Logo's a channel? It's more a depository for unwatchable, unwanted programming.