What I like most about this article is the past tense. The money came, it's in the bank and they are already filming. They said they'd make it happen, and it happened. Progress. If Q raised this much for JCM, there is great faith somewhere in it's viability and in Q.
"In the end, most of the budget, which Mitchell estimates at $1 million to 2 million, came from a new gay and lesbian TV network called Q Television. The network, headed by Frank Olsen, will retain the film's cable rights. "