Logo 'Goes Dark' October 11th in Support of LGBT 'National Equality March 2009' in Washington, D.C.

The Rally Aimed at Educating and Inspiring Community-Based LGBT Activism Efforts Takes Place in the Nation's Capital on October 10th and 11th 2009

Logo Website 365gay.com to Cover March Live Via Twitter Updates

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The weekend of October 10th and 11th 2009 will see thousands of fair-minded Americans congregating in our nation's capital for Equality Across America's "National Equality March 2009." The March serves as a call to action for a new generation of activists, gay and straight, to join the movement for LGBT equality. The event's goal is to reinvigorate the LGBT movement on a national level so participants can take their experiences home to their communities across America and convey the urgency behind their quest for demanding equal rights. Logo, a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks, announced today that it will support the March by participating in a number of events surrounding the weekend.

Most notably, Logo is joining the cause by "going dark" from 11:00AM ET to 3:00PM ET (the hours concurrent to the March) to emphasize the significance of the gathering. This is the first time in Logo's four-year history that the 24/7 channel will not broadcast programming. Instead, a graphic message will urge viewers to visit the Logo website 365gay.com for information on the March and how they can get involved on a local level. For those unable to attend the rally in person, live coverage from D.C. via Twitter updates will be streamed on 365gay.com during the March, rally, and all weekend long. 365gay.com has served as an official outlet of information for the National Equality March since it was announced last June.

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:woohoo: I can't imagine something like this happening 5 or 10 years ago.

BTW, this weekend happens to be the Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada. I'm happy that Americans are doing cool this weekend, too.

broadcast the whole thing live
record it, document the march and show how many people are there.

You know the repukes are going to do reverse crowd estimates
On 9/12 60,000 racists became 2 million to repukes
On this march, hundreds of thousands will be "a few thousand" and you can bet the networks won't cover it.

Not everybody can go to DC.

Not that everybody gets the Logo channel, but it makes more sense than fucking trendy ass Twitter, for fucks sake.