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QueerTelevision — QT offers a rare glimpse into the lives and loves and of gay, lesbian, bi, trans and open-minded straight people around the world.
Queer Television

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Society & Culture
It's a great, big Q world and QT goes exploring. Climb the hills and valleys of society's mores and issues.

People
Queer is as queer does. QT bonds with people who live outside the box to find out how far beyond the limits life can be.

Entertainment
Filmmaker John Waters once said, "To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about." QT shines a spotlight on the good, the bad, and the funny.

emails from viewers
QT columns

QTPie in Your Face
QT's own QTPie answers your toughest questions about love, life and relationships.

Corner of Young and Queer
Junior QTPies will offer their advice to teens and 20-somethings. They're all ears even if the rest of us are all years.

Het Set
Guest articles from straight allies and occasional opponents

Trans Scribe
Kyle Scanlon, a F to M in the midst of his transition ponders transgendered life from attitude to 'ex-orcisms.'

Qseum
A short animated tour of very queer artifacts from pop culture.

Birds Do It, Bees Do It
This 30-second animated spot, a regular feature in QueerTelevision's first season, sheds light on same-sex action in the animal kingdom. The point: Those who claim that queerness is unnatural need only survey all of God's creatures to know how natural it actually is.

Behind the Screens
Former QueerTelevision Web Producer Keltie Creed opens the door to glimpses of what it takes to produce this historic program.

On the QT
Host Irshad Manji’s cheeky (and weekly) editorial.

You've told us off, turned us on, and shocked your mother on Tell it to the Q. We've collected the best of your feedback. It's as varied as there are opinionated people.

"Okay, what's this? What is this stuff? This is just bullshit, man. How can you guys allow these things on? Whatever that is, okay? Bye-bye."

Irshad replies: "It generally helps to know what you're complaining about, sir. Like the next guy, who almost nails it..."

"I'm just calling to say that I feel it's not a choice. I -- no, I'm sorry, I feel it is a choice that if you are queer or you're straight. Because when you have people that come on and say, 'Yeah, I'm gay,' and then 5 years down the road, or 7 or 10 or whatever, 'Oh, I'm not gay anymore.' It's, it's a choice. It's totally wrong and disgusting. And I'm sorry, but it's the truth. -- Ed the Horse."

Irshad replies: Well, Mr. Horse, it's clear you've chosen your form of queerness. But what about those who are 'born' straight, only to find years later that they're not? Was their heterosexuality a choice? Mr. Horse, meet the next filly..."

"I watch your show every weekend and I just want to respond to some of the people that say, 'Keep your gayness to yourself; we don't want it pushed in our faces.' No one's forcing you to watch the show. I am bi-curious and I enjoy the show and I learn A LOT. And so I will watch it. I'm not pushing it in anybody's face and I don't expect anybody to take it. So there."

"Hello? Hi. Listen, you f***na bitch. That QueerTelevision is so f***ing stupid. I mean, what the f*** are you guys people doing, man? I mean, I open the TV and I see QueerTV and everything. F*** man, I have a f***ing little brother. There's so many kids out there. You know how -- They're gonna f*** -- I don't want any of my family or any of the kids to turn out gay like this some shit you guys are showing on the television. So I suggest you guys to f*** off and stop doing this, showing this, this, show on the TV, man. This is bull-f***ing-shit, you f***ing bitch. Later."

Irshad replies: "No, now. For the sake of your little bro, sister, I suggest you watch your mouth instead of watching us. And another thing..."

"If your children are up at midnight to watch this show, then the only bad influence on them is YOU! And a gentleman called in last week, intimating that since most gay people don't have children on their own, they shouldn't be together, that it's wrong, etc., etc. So I assume that every woman and every man who are infertile, we should all put them on an island and get rid of them. How ridiculous."

Irshad replies: "Actually, a faraway island is where I'd choose to be if I had a kid like this next caller. Fortunately, she's willing to pay my way..."

"Hi! I'm 19 years old and I've been saving my money since last year, just trying to save up for an island. And if I did buy this island, I would name it Gay Island and ship all you queers there cuz that's where I think they belong."

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  - CHUM Television’s bold leadership took on the mantle of probing into the Q world in 1998. We were the first in the world to do this sort of show — along with two specials.

But for a number of reasons, QT- QueerTelevision is now on indefinite hiatus. Please enjoy encore presentations of our first two seasons, now airing on Sextv The Channel and Pridevision.

QTonline.com remains available and full of valuable and entertaining information that continues to be relevant to the queer world.


   
   
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