Gay TV 'straightens'
The Gay Television Network will finally debut in April, after months of delays reportedly brought on by Dish Network executives who objected to the word "gay" in the channel's name, the Southern Voice reports. GTN will now be called Triangle Television Network, under a new deal with the Dish Network, which will send out the signal for the station over its satellites.
"They didn't like us calling it the Gay Television Network for their TV guide and things like that," said GTN founder Frank Olson. "So, to make compromise so we could get things moving forward, we compromised to call it the Triangle Television Network." Olson said the network has 4,000 subscribers signed up to get the signal through Dish Network for an extra $19.95 a month.
The new campaign for Triangle TV has not only excised the word "gay," it refers to the network as the "first television channel for America's alternative lifestyles." The network also changed its web address from www.wearegaytv.com, to triangletelevisionnetwork.com .
Teacher may get fired over 'fag' stunt
A Crowne Point, Ind., teacher may lose his job over a homophobic Valentine he gave a student who has Tourett's syndrome, PlanetOut News reports.
Taft Middle School has removed history teacher Donald E. Miller from his classroom pending an investigation, and officials are considering whether to terminate his contract.
The student's parents are suing Miller after he allegedly etched the word fag into a Valentine candy and gave it to their son in front of his classmates. Miller is also accused of taunting overweight girls and using a television remote control as a "fagometer."
So. Voice buys D.C., N.Y.C. Blade
Window Media, parent company of the Southern Voice, has announced plans to buy the Washington Blade and the New York Blade News by the end of this month, the Voice reports.
Window owns the Southern Voice, the Houston Voice, Eclipse, SOVO.