Jul

9

Censorship on the Web

Filed Under Censorship |

Here in North America, some people like to think that we’re free from censorship and freedom of speech is a given. As a gay webmaster, I can think of numerous times that I’ve personally run into censorship online. Read more

May

14

The ‘Sexually Suggestive Rainbow Case’

Filed Under Censorship, Court Cases, GLBT Equality, Gay Students, LGBT Youth, WTF? |

Rainbow Pride FlagPrincipal Said Rainbows Are “Sexually Suggestive” — Federal Judge Rules That Students Can’t Be Barred From Expressing Support for Gay People. Read more

May

8

Children’s Book About Gay Penguin Family Tops Most Challenged List

Filed Under Books & Mags, Censorship |

And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell (Author), Justin Richardson (Author), Henry Cole (Illustrator)CHICAGO – For a second consecutive year, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s award-winning “And Tango Makes Three”, a children’s book about two male penguins caring for an orphaned egg, tops the list of American Library Association’s (ALA) 10 Most Challenged Books of 2007. Read more

Jan

2

UK Gay News Blocked by Vodaphone

Filed Under Censorship, Homophobia, Sexual Bigotry, WTF? |

UK Gay News reports that it’s site is being blocked to broadband and mobile surfers by UK-based Vodaphone. Vodaphone deems the site “adult” in nature. Apparently customers over the age of 18 can ‘opt-in’ to access adult websites. Read more

Dec

18

Iranian Gay Art Scandal in the Netherlands

Filed Under Arts, Censorship, Middle East |

The director of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, has ordered two photos and a film by Iranian-born artist Sooreh Hera to be removed from an upcoming exhibition. This is probably the first time that a Dutch museum, has censored an artwork from its own walls. Read more

Aug

1

Gay Kissing Exhibit Banned at Singapore Pride Fest!

Filed Under Censorship, GLBT Equality, Homophobia, Pride Events |

Indignation 2007, Singapore’s Gay Pride Fest is barely underway and already the government has cracked down on them.

The annual gay pride festival in Singapore which is slated for August 1st - August 14th suffered a set back when a photo exhibition called “Kissing” has been denied a licence by the Media Development Authority, (MDA).

The MDA denied organizers a license because the photographs which depict gay men and women kissing, ”promote a homosexual lifestyle”.

So, the organizers of Indignation 2007 have now scheduled a short talk called “Kiss and tell” on 9 evenings prior to the main programs, in which a sample of the pictures, shown on powerpoint, will be discussed.

There will also be a photo corner set up where festival event goers can have their own kissing pictures taken.

Linkage:

- Indignation 2007: Kiss and tell

- Indignation 2007: Singapore Pride Festival

- SFGate: Singapore Bans Gay Kissing Photos

Jun

25

An Update On The Censored Gay Kiss

Filed Under Censorship, Gay Students, Homophobia |

On Saturday I posted about an incident in NJ, where a Gay Kiss Photo In a Highschool Yearbook Was Blacked Out. Read more

Jun

23

Gay Kiss Photo In Yearbook Gets Blacked Out

Filed Under Censorship, Gay Students, Homophobia |

The Newark, NJ, School Superintendent deemed that this years East Side High School yearbook had a photo that was “illicit” and so she ordered the school staff to black it out with magic marker before the yearbooks were distributed to the graduating seniors a couple of days ago. Read more

Jun

8

My Thoughts on the CBSA Seizure of a Shipment to Priape

Filed Under Books & Mags, Censorship, Crime |

Hmmm — just read an article at Xtra.ca dated yesterday – and I was all prepared to be incensed about the seizure by the  of a shipment of gay comic books that was destined for Priape in Montreal. Read more

May

15

Tennessee High School Gets an F in Civics

Filed Under Censorship, Gay Students |

ACLU Gives Tennessee High School an F in Civics for Censoring Gay and Gay-Supportive Students Read more

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