Queer Nation’s Ann Northrop describes our February 20 visit to NBC. “We walked in from 49th and 6th because they had the small crowd on the little plaza and the 49th St. side of the plate glass windows was unobstructed. As we whipped open… the...
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Queer Nation’s Ann Northrop describes our February 20 visit to NBC.

“We walked in from 49th and 6th because they had the small crowd on the little plaza and the 49th St. side of the plate glass windows was unobstructed.

As we whipped open… the Boycott Homophobia banner and pulled out Gay-Bashing is not an Olympic Sport signs, the cops tried to grab us and hustle us across the street. We insisted on holding our ground (Get your hands off me! This is a public sidewalk!) and succeeded in staying there, evidently quite visible over Hoda’s shoulder.

After 5-10 minutes, they went to commercial, and got up from the anchor desk. Kathie Lee gave a smile and wave to the plaza crowd, then turned and looked at us, glared at me, and refused to return the smile and wave I was giving her. About 15 minutes later, they came back to the anchor desk for a segment. This time Kathie Lee looked at me, still stony, but felt forced to return my wave a little. Then they lowered the curtains around the whole studio. We packed up and left. A good time was had by all.”

All except for Kathie Lee, apparently.

Thanks to photographer Donna Aceto for the shot of a dismayed Kathie Lee watching the protest from the studio.

Queer Nation first protested at the Today show on January 16 because we believed that NBC wouldn’t cover human rights issues, including the fight being waged by LGBT Russians, from Sochi. We were right. The Human Rights Campaign has been monitoring...
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Queer Nation first protested at the Today show on January 16 because we believed that NBC wouldn’t cover human rights issues, including the fight being waged by LGBT Russians, from Sochi. We were right.

The Human Rights Campaign has been monitoring NBC’s coverage. We’re three days from the Closing Ceremony and the end of NBC’s expected 1,500 hours of Olympics coverage. How much time has NBC devoted to human rights? One hour and 47 minutes, HRC says. Roughly .001 percent of NBC’s coverage has been devoted to human rights matters. We wonder why they bothered at all.

Thanks to photographer Donna Aceto for the shot.

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