KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait has barred the hit film Barbie from cinemas over concerns about “public ethics”, officials have said, also confirming a separate ban on a horror movie featuring a transgender actor.
While deciding on any foreign movie, the committee usually orders “censoring of the scenes that run counter to public ethics”, Mr Subei’e was quoted as saying late on Wednesday. Gulf Arab states, including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia – all of which outlaw homosexuality – routinely censor films that contain lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer references.
In Lebanon, Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada said on Wednesday he asked the authorities to ban Barbie for purportedly “promoting homosexuality”, though the film does not contain any overt references to same-sex relationships or queer themes.
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