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Hallmark Channel Promises More LGBT Characters: 'This Is Who We Are,' CEO Says
Christian Headlines ^ | February 12th 2021 | Michael Foust

Posted on 02/13/2021 7:32:53 PM PST by Ennis85

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To: Ennis85

Once programmed pleasant stories...Now gay, queer stuff.
Don’t tune in. They will rot on the vine.


41 posted on 02/13/2021 8:10:16 PM PST by BatGuano (ueer)
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To: Ennis85

prediction...they will lose viewership....I know a lot of people that have the channel running all day in the back ground. the reason for this is that there is nothing controversial shown on the channel. mostly family and romances. saying that it is LGBT and other pronouns comes with the baggage of sexualizing the content. I have my doubts to there ability to do a family or romance story with out overt sexualization when they say LGBT. a good potion of those using there service will leave the moment the story’s become overt sexually.


42 posted on 02/13/2021 8:10:54 PM PST by PCPOET7
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To: Ennis85

But, but, but — what about all the other genders? Is Hallmark gender phobic? /s

From link: https://www.healthline.com/health/different-genders (more at link)

AFAB

Acronym meaning “assigned female at birth.”
Agender

Someone who doesn’t identify with the idea or experience of having a gender.
Aliagender

A nonbinary gender identity that doesn’t fit into existing gender schemas or constructs.
AMAB

Acronym meaning “assigned male at birth.”
Androgyne

Someone who has a gender presentation or identity that’s gender neutral, androgynous, or has both masculine and feminine characteristics.
Aporagender

Both an umbrella term and nonbinary gender identity that describes the experience of having a specific gender that’s different from male, female, or any combination of the two.
Bigender

This term describes someone who identifies with two distinct genders.

Bigender indicates the number of gender identities someone has.

It doesn’t indicate which genders someone identifies with or the level of identification they have with a particular gender (such as 50% male, 50% demigirl).
Binarism

Generally, binarism refers to the gender systems and schemas that are based on the existence of two opposing parts, such as male/female, man/woman, or masculine/feminine.

More specifically, binarism is a type of sexism that erases ethnic or culture-specific nonbinary gender roles and identities.
Body dysphoria

Body dysphoria is different from body dysphoric disorder.

It refers to a specific type of gender dysphoria that manifests as distress or discomfort with aspects of the body.

This may include anatomy, shape, size, chromosomes, secondary sex characteristics, or internal reproductive structures.
Boi

A term, primarily used in LGBTQIA+ communities, that typically describes someone who has a presentation, sexuality, or gender that’s considered “boyish.”
Butch

Primarily used in LGBTQIA+ communities, this term typically describes someone with a presentation, sexuality, or gender that’s considered masculine.

Butch doesn’t necessarily indicate the other terms that someone might use to describe their presentation, sexuality, or gender.
Cisgender

A term used to describe people who exclusively identify with their sex or gender assigned at birth.
Cisnormativity

The assumption that a person identifies with the sex or gender they were assigned at birth, or that having a cisgender gender identity is the norm.
Cissexism

A form of oppression that discriminates against those who aren’t cisgender.
Demiboy

This nonbinary gender identity describes someone who partially identifies as a boy, man, or masculine.

The term demiboy tells us about someone’s gender identity, but doesn’t convey any information about the sex or gender assigned to someone at birth.

A demiboy can identify as cisgender or trans.
Demigender

This umbrella term typically includes nonbinary gender identities and uses the prefix “demi-” to indicate the experience of having a partial identification or connection to a particular gender.

This may include:

demigirl
demiboy
demienby
demitrans

Demigirl

This nonbinary gender identity describes someone who partially identifies as a girl, woman, womxn, or feminine.

The term demigirl tells us about someone’s gender identity, but doesn’t convey any information about the sex or gender assigned to someone at birth.

A demigirl can also identify as cisgender or trans.
Dyadic

This describes people who have sex characteristics — such as chromosomes, hormones, internal organs, or anatomy — that can be easily categorized into the binary sex framework of male or female.

Dyadic conveys information about someone’s sex characteristics but doesn’t indicate anything about their gender.


43 posted on 02/13/2021 8:12:01 PM PST by GOPJ (Biden voters: billionaires and idiots. Check your bank account to see which one you are.PookieToons)
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To: napscoordinator

I’d be surprised if there is a large gay audience for the relatively bland G-rated Hallmark movies. (Other Hallmark products, like greeting cards, wrapping paper, and home decor, sure, those make sense as a gay thing, and maybe concern over sales in that area carries over to this.)

As for women, they like their gay friends, but these movies always seemed like insert-yourself-into-the-fantasy things similar to crappy female-oriented fiction. Girl meets handsome guy. One or both gives up the busy, self-absorbed city life for small town, family-oriented life. They live happily ever after. See you next movie. Do they really want to see gay men as the main characters? Can’t put yourself into the story with that one.

But who knows.


44 posted on 02/13/2021 8:13:45 PM PST by Stravinsky
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To: Ennis85

As one who have never watched anything on their network am I safe in assuming all white women are dating black men and now all white men will be dating black men? And all the single moms have a racially ambiguous child? Maybe throw in a random Asian just for fun, doctor or real estate agent?


45 posted on 02/13/2021 8:13:52 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Salamander

Not “awfully queer,” F**kin queer!
Sickening portrayals of queer life made to appear normal and everyday life in the USA.
NOT SO, but it is Hallmark’s agenda.

Don’t buy their expensive cards, it only encourages them!


46 posted on 02/13/2021 8:14:57 PM PST by BatGuano (ueer)
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To: Ennis85

Why don’t these queers and weirdos have their own channel instead of ruining an existing pleasantly family channel?


47 posted on 02/13/2021 8:20:10 PM PST by laweeks (Just wait till you have to have a biopsy from your prostate, now that is an experience you will neve)
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To: Ennis85

It may be who they are, but it sure as heck isn’t/wasn’t who their viewers are. May they do several swishes around the bowel before going down the drain....kinda like Faux News.


48 posted on 02/13/2021 8:22:53 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: Ennis85

I sometimes watch Hallmark romances to escape from the news and politics. But now I will have to escape from Hallmark.


49 posted on 02/13/2021 8:25:47 PM PST by KittyKares (I miss President Trump!)
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To: laweeks

The do. It’s called LOGO. Yeah,lesbian...gay.

Mostly they just play some favorite old TV shows, though!


50 posted on 02/13/2021 8:26:03 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: Ennis85

Oh they are going to go broke now. What a shame.


51 posted on 02/13/2021 8:28:57 PM PST by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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To: Ennis85

I do enjoy the Hallmark Channel. When they play movies with questionable story lines, I don’t watch. Be interesting to see how viewership drops off.


52 posted on 02/13/2021 8:31:49 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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To: Ennis85

Welp, so much those movies.

My wife used to watch them. This year she saw one that was based around fags and turned it off.

I really think a lot of folks will stop watching them.


53 posted on 02/13/2021 8:35:53 PM PST by Fai Mao (Biden is a pedophile, Kamala is a #%¥π.)
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To: Ennis85

E-harmony now does queer couples. Geez.


54 posted on 02/13/2021 8:38:53 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: the OlLine Rebel
The do. It’s called LOGO. Yeah, lesbian...gay.

Then why don't they write scripts for queers and faggots and perform them on LOGO instead of destroying an otherwise family channel? They just won't stop, will they. They've already destroyed the Boy and Girl Scouts, trashed probably half of the tv commercials with homosexual actors, forced their way into tv and movie scripts, etc.

55 posted on 02/13/2021 8:42:57 PM PST by laweeks (Just wait till you have to have a biopsy from your prostate, now that is an experience you will neve)
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To: ealgeone

when corporations bring in the diversity and inclusion nonsense the wokeness happens.


They said it pretty directly that that is exactly what happened.


56 posted on 02/13/2021 8:45:58 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
One of the best standard plot lines is the transplanted “blue city” person who falls in love with “red America” and who chooses love and family over the corporate ladder. Workaholics are always the villains.
57 posted on 02/13/2021 8:50:19 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Ennis85

So, the successful movies have sympathetic romantic options. Heterosexuals would only really be interested for ideological reasons, regardless of their acceptance of gay folks generally.


58 posted on 02/13/2021 8:50:39 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Ennis85

The irony of all these entertainment companies trying to show how woke they are is that, back in the supposedly repressive 1950s, one of the most popular TV entertainers was Liberace. Everybody knew he was gay. And before that, you had Uncle Miltie dressing up like a woman, which people thought was hysterical.

So there were plenty of references to cross dressing and homosexuality back in the day, but you weren’t being instructed on what to think or feel about it.

I’ll never buy into the idea that the average person ever hated gays and lesbians. Sure, they might make fun of them mostly bonding their back, but people still do, and always will. Shoving this stuff in our faces doesn’t change anything.


59 posted on 02/13/2021 8:51:00 PM PST by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: Ennis85

They figure: Where else is our audience going to turn? We have a captive audience. We can increase our market share by poking most of our viewers in the eye. What can they do? It’s like Fox turning left.

Turn them off.


60 posted on 02/13/2021 8:55:46 PM PST by Rocky
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