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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1993|1993]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation | ====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Television|Television | ====Medium: [[:Category:Television|Television]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Anthony Palange | '''Artist:''' Anthony Palange | ||
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'''Confronting Bodies:''' Denver Community Television | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Denver Community Television | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' | '''Dates of Action:''' 1993 | ||
'''Location:''' Denver, Colorado | '''Location:''' Denver, Colorado | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''G/L Magazine'', a gay news-and-entertainment show, produced for public access television. | ||
'''The Incident:''' Denver Community Television (DCTV) refused to air two episodes of Anthony Palange's | '''The Incident:''' Denver Community Television (DCTV) refused to air two episodes of Anthony Palange's ''G/L Magazine'', asserting that they were "obscene." Palange then filed suit with the aid of the ACLU in Denver. Under federal cable television laws, public access channels are public forums, and neither a city nor an agency to which a city delegates the function of administering public access TV may censor the content of programs. In the case of ''G/L Magazine'' there had never been any judicial determination that the programs met the legal standard for obscenity. The episodes did not even contain nudity. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' In early November 1993, | '''Results of Incident:''' In early November 1993, ''G/L Magazine'' resumed broadcasting. | ||
'''Source:''' "ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter", Winter 1994 | '''Source:''' "ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter", Winter 1994 | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 4 August 2011
Date: 1993
Region: North America
Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Television
Artist: Anthony Palange
Confronting Bodies: Denver Community Television
Dates of Action: 1993
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description of Artwork: G/L Magazine, a gay news-and-entertainment show, produced for public access television.
The Incident: Denver Community Television (DCTV) refused to air two episodes of Anthony Palange's G/L Magazine, asserting that they were "obscene." Palange then filed suit with the aid of the ACLU in Denver. Under federal cable television laws, public access channels are public forums, and neither a city nor an agency to which a city delegates the function of administering public access TV may censor the content of programs. In the case of G/L Magazine there had never been any judicial determination that the programs met the legal standard for obscenity. The episodes did not even contain nudity.
Results of Incident: In early November 1993, G/L Magazine resumed broadcasting.
Source: "ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter", Winter 1994
