The Sun wants to know why it’s homophobic

BY ROB SALERNO – You may think that we here at Xtra spend an inordinate amount of time talking about the rightwing news network Sun TV. That’s probably because the 80 or so people who work in our offices constitute a full two percent of Sun’s viewership.

Rob Salerno is a playwright and journalist whose writing has appeared in such publications as Vice, Advocate, NOW and OutTraveler.

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