Fri 4 Mar 2016 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA
China has banned LGBTI content from appearing on television and compares it to incest. Content which features LGBTI romance will no longer be shown on Chinese television. A popular drama webseries Addicted, set in a high school, was suddenly removed from the streaming sites as the storyline centers on a gay couple. The China Television Drama Production Industry Association and the China Alliance of Radio, Film and Television claim that LGBTI content promotes “abnormal sexual relationships and sexual behaviour”. The new ‘TV content production guidelines’ prohibit TV dramas from “showing or promoting an unhealthy concept of marriage.” The “possession, reincarnation, witchcraft practices and feudal superstition”, “bizarre, grotesque criminal cases” and any content that has “adverse effects on minors,” including “love between minors”, is also banned.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Friday, 4th March 2016 - 10:26am