10% QTV

Canadian television newsmagazine series 10% QTV is a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired on Rogers Television stations in Ontario from 1995 to 2001.Summers Claude J. Claude J. Summers 23 December 2005 The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television Cleis Press 65 978-1573442091 It was the first multiseason television series in Canada targeted specifically to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, being preceded only by short run series such as Coming Out in 1972, and Out of the Closets and Gay News and Views in 1977–1978. The series aired on all Rogers community channels in Southern and Eastern Ontario. In 1996, the series was also briefly carried nationally by Vision TV."Vision adds gay show". Edmonton Journal, November 22, 1996. The series first aired in 1995 as Cable 10%,"When people can't talk back: The community was supposed to share in cable. It's looking less and less likely". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 1996. and adopted the 10% QTV name in 1997."Gay news show". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 1997. The series was produced in Toronto by a volunteer committee.Demus Axelle 16 March 2024 Queering the Cable Airwaves: The Evolution of LGBTQ2+ Community Television in Ontario, Canada (1977-2001) https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/items/aaa10750-0c1a-44b8-8e0a-a76df1fcf00e York University 17 February 2025 It aired documentary and feature reports on LGBT life and news in Canada and internationally, including an annual episode airing highlights from the Toronto Pride Parade."Only PBS could make gay life dull". Toronto Star, June 21, 2001. Following the end of the series, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives took over the program's website, incorporating it into the CLGA's own website. References External links 10% QTV page at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Category:1990s Canadian television news shows Category:2000s Canadian television news shows Category:1995 Canadian television series debuts Category:1995 English-language television series debuts Category:2001 Canadian television series endings Category:2001 English-language television series endings Category:Canadian community channel television shows Category:Rogers TV original programming Category:Television shows shot in Toronto Category:1990s Canadian LGBTQ-related television series Category:2000s Canadian LGBTQ-related television series Category:LGBTQ culture in Toronto