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FCC Seeks Gender-Identity TV Warnings; GLAAD Urges Opposition

4/24/2026

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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened a comment period to consider gender-identity warnings on TV-Y, TV-Y7 and TV-G ratings.
GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis warned the move could single out queer lives and erode speech.
Sarah Kate Ellis urged Americans to submit comments rejecting the proposal, saying it would harm LGBTQ Americans.
Sarah Kate Ellis noted that 23 percent of U.S. adults under 30 identify as LGBTQ + and five million children have LGBTQ + parents.

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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened a comment period to consider gender-identity warnings on TV-Y, TV-Y7 and TV-G ratings.
GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis warned the move could single out queer lives and erode speech.
Sarah Kate Ellis urged Americans to submit comments rejecting the proposal, saying it would harm LGBTQ Americans.
Sarah Kate Ellis noted that 23 percent of U.S. adults under 30 identify as LGBTQ + and five million children have LGBTQ + parents.