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Following Brendan Carr‘s latest projected media crackdown, GLAAD has called retired nan FCC chair for his inquiry’s “harm connected LGBTQ Americans.”
On Wednesday, pursuing Carr’s inquiry into nan TV ratings system claiming that “parents person raised concerns” astir onscreen transgender representation, nan LGBTQ media defense statement slammed Carr’s “government overreach.”
“Parents should perfectly person a opportunity successful what their kids watch, and parents already cognize that seeing an LGBTQ personification connected surface aliases successful existent life does nary harm,” said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis successful a statement. “What does origin harm is authorities overreach. Under Brendan Carr, nan Federal Communications Commission is erstwhile again attempting to dictate what tin beryllium seen connected television.”
Ellis noted, “The reality is that 23% of Americans nether 30 are LGBTQ, and much than 5 cardinal children person LGBTQ parents. Media companies must beryllium allowed to create and broadcast stories that bespeak one-quarter of their assemblage without interference from a authorities agency pinch its ain anti-transgender governmental agenda.
“But this is astir much than television,” she added. “It’s astir whether a authorities agency gets to reshape culture, limit storytelling, and undermine free expression. Americans should make their voices heard by submitting a remark that rejects this latest effort by Brendan Carr’s FCC to manipulate nan media, erode state of speech, and harm LGBTQ Americans.”
