So Gay TV was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

, which aired on PrideVision in the early 2000s. Hosted by Mathieu Chantelois

Mathieu Chantelois

Mathieu Chantelois is a Canadian television personality and magazine editor.A graduate of Carleton University's journalism program, Chantelois became famous as one of the original housemates on the Canadian reality television series U8TV: The Lofters...

 and later by Jason Ruta

Jason Ruta

Jason Ruta is a Canadian television personality.Ruta first came to prominence as a participant in the second season of U8TV: The Lofters. The show followed the lives of eight Canadians living and working in a fully wired loft TV studio, producing and hosting shows...

, the program originally aired in 2000 as an Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 television series connected to U8TV: The Lofters

U8TV: The Lofters

U8TV: The Lofters was a Canadian reality television series, which aired on the Life Network and online through its website U8TV.com, in 2001 and 2002.-Format:...

, and was picked up by PrideVision when that network launched in 2001.

So Gay TV mixed panel discussions and interviews with documentary and feature reports on lesbian

Lesbian

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...

, gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

, bisexual and transgender

Transgender

Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....

 issues and life in Canada. The show was nominated for Best Talk Series at the 2002 Gemini Awards

2002 Gemini Awards

The 17th Gemini Awards were held on November 4, 2002 to honour achievements in Canadian television. It was hosted by Seán Cullen, and was broadcast on CBC.-Best Comedy Program or Series:* An American in Canada* Buzz* Made in Canada...

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