Our media matters
Community media is essential, whether you're a model railroader, a foot fetishist or a retro T-shirt fan. So I have no patience for those who say the queer media is unnecessary. (Tired, maybe, but not useless.) I still want to know what's happening at the dyke bar down the street and in the trans mom support group on the other side of the country -- and even an enlightened mainstream daily doesn't have the room or the interest to tell me that.
Why should it? Mass media exist to disseminate the grand outlines of information to the masses, and every smaller interest grouping, from soccer mom to beta fish owner, will always get the short shrift. (Remember that when the Nepean GLBT chess club bake sale doesn't make it into the Saturday Globe and Mail. Then do something about it: create your own neighbourhood e-mail list (
Yahoo.ca offers a free and easy service), or a blog with RSS at one of the free sites available on the Internet.)
I have collated and posted a contact list of
Canadian queer media. Keep in touch.