- United States
- Utah
- Letter
Block the FCC's proposed TV warning labels targeting LGBTQ+ content. The FCC's April 22 Public Notice asks the TV Oversight Management Board to create new ratings flagging "transgender and gender non-binary programming" — including shows already rated appropriate for all ages. This is government censorship dressed up as parental guidance, and it needs to stop.
The TVOMB has operated independently since 1998 precisely so that media companies, not federal regulators, set content standards. Parents already have the V-Chip. They don't need the Trump administration deciding which families on screen are too dangerous to watch without a warning. HRC President Kelley Robinson called this "a brazen form of political interference" — and she's right. This is part of a documented pattern: the FCC has pressured broadcasters over Jimmy Kimmel, investigated 60 Minutes, targeted NPR and PBS, and ordered Disney to file license renewals early over DEI policies.
LGBTQ+ people exist. They belong on television. Singling out their stories for warning labels sends one message: that their lives are something to be feared. Oppose this proposal and make clear that the FCC has no business using broadcast regulation to erase a community from public life.