I think it is safe to say that we are now living in the future. I mean, we might not have flying cars yet, but people spending more and more time interacting with computers, our big-brother-type politics and now the new SPF pill is evidence enough to prove my point.

On June 30, our already long list of modern amenities will grow and score a point for the gay and lesbian community. June 30 is the day when MTV Network’s ad-supported basic cable channel, Logo, will be launched in approximately 10 million homes across the United States with more than 1,000 hours of programming content.

Although the channel’s programming will only include issues and content pertaining to the gay and lesbian community, it is obvious that more than just this group will be watching. It doesn’t get more cutting-edge than this – a lifestyle channel that will reach an enormous amount of people, forcing them to focus their sights and open their minds.

Programmed with a mix of original and acquired entertainment, Logo will feature more than 200 lesbian and gay themed feature films, ongoing documentary series, newscasts tailored for the gay and lesbian community and quality original shows and specials.

With gays and lesbians two to three times more likely to travel, Logo will launch a show designed for the adventurous types. “Out and About” is a globe trotting travel series that will feature interviews with gay personalities in each destination, provide travel tips on each visited city and profile local business, artists, restaurants, clubs and hotels, all in one international location each week. Featured destinations like Stockholm, Hong Kong, Mykonos, Paris, Berlin, Miami and Sydney will make a true jet-setter out of anyone.

For the ones amongst us who love to live vicariously, Logo will get its fair share of reality television with its original and appropriately named series “Open Bar.” The show follows one man’s personal decision to come out to his family and friends, all while trying to open a new gay bar in West Hollywood.

Other original series will include “Noah’s Arc,” a scripted comedy-drama based on the Web phenomenon following struggling screenwriter Noah, an African-American gay man navigating love and life with his three best friends in Los Angeles; “The Ride,” a first-person look at some of the participants traveling the 585 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in the annual AIDS/Lifecycle fundraiser; and “First Comes Love,” a comedy/reality series hosted by actor/comedian Scott Thomson (from “Kids in the Hall”) who has to fulfill the wedding dreams of gay and lesbian couples in just two weeks.

For our viewing pleasure, Logo has also assembled an extensive library of premier film titles including HBO’s “Angels in America,” Mulholland Drive, Kissing Jessica Stein, High Art, Philadelphia, Moulin Rouge, Billy Elliot, Home at the End of the World, The Birdcage and Fried Green Tomatoes, to name a few.

For those of us who love a news fix, Logo will feature a news partnership with CBS News, and original co-branded content from The Advocate, Out and Out Traveler.

Having reviewed all the good television programs Logo will have to offer, I have to admit, I might just become a Logo fanatic. Who knows, maybe you will, too. Let’s not forget, though, that watching it on a screen is never half as good as going out there and doing or becoming it ourselves.