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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Logo TV into the ol’ VCR.

I remember the day that cable switched from analog to digital. 

Seriously. 

My childhood is a bit fuzzy because of illness and trauma, but, by God, I remember the day we had to go pick up our box from the cable company. 

I think I remember it so vividly because that’s when my pop culture obsession ramped up; I was no longer limited to the same few channels. 

Suddenly, I had what seemed like endless options. 

And that’s where Logo TV comes in. 

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For those unfamiliar, Logo was an LGBTQIA+-centered station launched in 2005. 

You may know Logo from such hits as being the original network for a tiny and humble little reality show called RuPaul’s Drag Race back in 2009. 

Logo also showed movies and is responsible for my first viewings of Wet Hot American Summer, But I’m A Cheerleader, and Psycho Beach Party. 

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The network would even go on to produce the new AbFab specials, albeit that they were super edited when aired. 

Logo has a special place in my heart because a closeted queer kid like me could watch movies that showed people like me. 

I still remember coming across Drag Race my senior year of high school at a friend’s house and being enamored by all of the drag queens and thinking about how brave I thought they were for coming out. 

Logo now seems to be a shell of its former self. Some of their older content can still be found on Paramount+, but the channel itself seems to only show reruns of Drag Race and sitcoms like The Nanny and The Facts of Life. 

And, honestly, that breaks my heart. 

We do a lot of retrospective pieces here, so I’ll save you my whole “Landslide”-esque spiel. But, it’s sad to see a channel that taught me about camp and queerness be obsolete. 

Regardless, I’m glad Logo TV was around when I was a kid because it showed content that would help me eventually realize I wasn’t straight. Also, the bumpers for Eating Out also live in my head rent-free.