Revised Action Against Anti-Homosexual Policies
After a number of email discussions regarding my article aboutPBS's "Postcards from Buster" shelving of a gay-related episode, a much more effective means was developed for expressing discontent and creating positive change.
Instead of an across the board boycott, which actually was quite difficult for me to suggest considering how strongly I feel about PBS and NPR, we must target our effort towards contacting local PBS affiliates. Write, call, and/or email the Viewer Services and simply tell them you want the "Sugartime!" episode produced by WGBH in Boston to air in its entirety.
Affiliates that opt in and order the episode should be recognized and rewarded with our funding dollars for their programming. On the other hand, supportive viewers in areas where the affiliates choose not to order the episode should consider heavily where their donations go to in the future. Including this "consider heavily" in your contacts with your local PBS affiliate will also make them consider heavily the costs of giving into the religious right and ultra-conservative.
To find your local affiliate, go to PBS Station Finder and select Viewer Services. Contact information for your local PBS affiliate will be available by connecting through their website.
By rewarding stations, like WBGH which produced the now controversial episode of "Postcards from Buster", and considering placing your donations from non-supportive stations into more supportive ones, should effect a great change if enough respond to the call.
And you can Quote me on that. The Quotable Queer
Instead of an across the board boycott, which actually was quite difficult for me to suggest considering how strongly I feel about PBS and NPR, we must target our effort towards contacting local PBS affiliates. Write, call, and/or email the Viewer Services and simply tell them you want the "Sugartime!" episode produced by WGBH in Boston to air in its entirety.
Affiliates that opt in and order the episode should be recognized and rewarded with our funding dollars for their programming. On the other hand, supportive viewers in areas where the affiliates choose not to order the episode should consider heavily where their donations go to in the future. Including this "consider heavily" in your contacts with your local PBS affiliate will also make them consider heavily the costs of giving into the religious right and ultra-conservative.
To find your local affiliate, go to PBS Station Finder and select Viewer Services. Contact information for your local PBS affiliate will be available by connecting through their website.
By rewarding stations, like WBGH which produced the now controversial episode of "Postcards from Buster", and considering placing your donations from non-supportive stations into more supportive ones, should effect a great change if enough respond to the call.
And you can Quote me on that. The Quotable Queer
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