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DIVA DOWN! when I was a kid, if I wanted to see gay people on TV I had to take advantage of my parents' cable package and watch Logo TV. this channel was so formative in my post-coming out years, but eventually it vanished with little trace. as someone whose job is on a platform that's somewhat responsible for the death of cable, I decided to ask the question: whatever happened to the Logo channel?

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Basic Books: Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television (Lee Siegel, 2007)
Edge Media Network: “What’s the Matter with LGBTQ+ Channel Logo? It’s Not Complicated” (Kilian Melloy, 2023)
Hollywood Reporter: “‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Moves to VH1 From Logo” (Kate Stanhope, 2017)
Houston Chronicle: “Today’s Comcast changes add gay channel” (Mike McDaniel, 2007)
Houston Press: “Logo Network Goodbye: 8 Television Shows That Actually Helped the LGBT Community” (Abby Koenig, 2012)
Huffington Post: “R.I.P., Gay TV: A Not-So-Sad Reality” (Ben Harvey, 2012)
Logo Online: Frequently Asked Questions
New York: “‘Out Magazine Releases Power List, Underestimates ‘Times’ Gaiety” (2008)
Queerty: “EXCLUSIVE: Logo’s New Programming Slate Reveals Shift Away From Gay-Centric Shows” (Michael Ciriaco, 2012)
Rutgers University Press: Gay TV and Straight America (Ron Becker, 2006)
Salon: “I Like to Watch Transamerican Love Story” (Heather Havrilesky, 2008)
The Wrap: “Logo’s ‘Gay Bachelor’ Reality Show Scrambles Over Reveal of Star’s Sex Worker Past” (Itay Hod, 2016)
The Wrap: “RIP Logo? Inside the Slow Death of Paramount’s LGBTQ Brand” (Joseph Kapsch, 2023)
Washington Blade: “Logo broadens programming” (Brian T. Carney, 2012)
Washington Blade: “Springtime Blossoms: TV Returns to Its Regularly Scheduled Programming After Strike” (Zack Rosen, 2008)