Chinese social media site Sina Wiebo has scaled back its plan to censor gay images and cartoons following a backlash from millions of users. On Friday the twitter-like Chinese social media site announced it would be deleting content and accounts that featured gay content. The site said that it would be deleting posts which contained […]
The WA Liberals are pushing to have a photography exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia closed. The Art Gallery of Western Australia is hosting a retrospective of 23 works by acclaimed photographer Bill Henson. Shadow Arts Minister Tony Krsticevic commented on the current exhibition in estimates on Tuesday describing the images in the exhibition […]
Disney’s live action version of Beauty and the Beast will screen in Malaysia without any cuts. The country’s censorship board had demanded that four minutes of the film be removed prior to release, cutting a scene where it is revealed the character of LeFou is gay. Disney refused to release the film with the cuts, pulled the […]
Disney has indefinitely postponed releasing their live action remake of Beauty and the Beast in Malaysia. The decision follows an order from the country’s censorship body demanding that scenes indicating a character is gay be cut from the movie. Since director Bill Condon revealed that the character of LeFou will be gay in the new version of […]
Award winning queer film Moonlight won’t make a lot of sense to audiences in India after the government’s censorship board ruled that a pivotal scene be cut from the film. Barry Jenkins’ award winning film has been scooping up awards and gaining widespread praise for it’s powerful and understated portrayal of an African American man at […]
Dr David van Gend, the President of the Australian Marriage Forum, has hit a speed hump publishing his new book. The printer contracted by his publisher has refused to print the publication. Dr van Gend’s book Stealing from a Child: The injustice of marriage equality sets out opposition to allowing same sex couples to wed. Publisher […]
Andrew Hastie , the member for Canning has called on Facebook to explain why it deleted a post from a traditional marriage advocate. The Australian has reported that Hastie was very concerned to hear that the social media giant had deleted an opinion piece published by Anglican church minister John Dickinson. Mr Dickson was informed […]
State media censors in Singapore have banned the sale of a ‘Life With Archie” comic due to its frank depiction of same sex marriage. Released in 2012, the cover features the interracial same sex wedding of Kevin Keller and his partner Clay Walker. The comic was banned earlier this year but news of its prohibition […]
Taiwanese singer A-Mei was prohibited from singing her song ‘Rainbow’ at a recent Singapore concert due to its “pro-LGBT” message. In a rendition of the song last year, she had encouraged fans to show affection for their partners, and the images of those in the audience kissing were projected onto a large screen, including LGBT […]
