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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Tags: downtown abbey, e! online, censorship, censored, gay kiss, homophobia, pbs, itv, masterpiece, thomas barrow

You would think that Greece was more tolerant—Mykynos, the island of Lesbos, togas for Christmassakes!—but seems executives at a TV station in the beleauguered country thought man on man lip-locking was a TV no-no.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 26 August 2012
Tags: the new normal, nbc, utah, church of latter day saints, mormon church, censorship, gay themes

The horror! A Utah NBC affiliate, KSL, has yanked our favorite show (that we, incidentally, haven't seen yet) The New Normal from the airwaves!

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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 06 April 2012
Tags: malaysia, censorship, internet, lgbt, characters, ban, tv shows, movies, radio, gay, glee, international

If you find yourself in Kuala Lumpar hoping to hit your Glee-spot with the latest episode, you might be out of luck. In confirmed new guidelines for state-owned TV (with rules for private providers and satellite stations soon to follow), shows or movies with LGBT characters will be scrubbed from the air in Malaysia. Details follow. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 09 February 2012
Tags: andrew christian, hot, videos, underwear, pink paradise, controversy, youtube, removes, censorship, double standards, too gay

 

The latest smoking hot promotional video from the underwear designer has captured our attention for reasons other than just sexiness this time around. (See, we sometimes have more than just men on our Mary minds!) "Pink Paradise," a video that gives us a very detailed (emphasis on detailed) look at an Andrew Christian pool party has been yanked from YouTube for being too racy...or too gay. Follow the jump and let us know what you think!

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Monday, 06 February 2012
Tags: facebook, internet, social networks, leo silva, male models, hotties, double standards, suspends, man of the day, l'homme du jour, gay, violations, reinstates, censorship, ray clark

Let's not beat around the bush: Facebook continues to share a double-sided-standard with conservative groups, as evident in the social network behemoth's latest anti-male/anti-gay suspension. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 21 November 2011
Tags: pakistan, middle east, text messages, communications, internet, digital age, bans, words, censorship, lgbt, gay, lesbian, list

Updated Tuesday, 10:45 a.m. (EST)

Following intense public outcry, Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority has put plans to censor text messages on hold. Details follow.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Tags: dakota fanning, marc jacobs, oh lola perfume, ad, too racy, controversy, ban, united kingdom, censorship, sexuality



Dakota Fanning is ditching the Windex and opting for controversy in an effort to smudge her squeaky clean image. The first stop on the Lindsay-Britney-Miley route? A provocative pose in a new Marc Jacobs Oh Lola! Parfume ad that was immediately banned in the United Kingdom. Check out the seemingly innocuous spot after the jump...

 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Tags: spain, spanish, eva longoria, without men, xavier daniel, international gay and lesbian film festival, censorship, barcelona, lesbianism, sex scenes, equality

Spain: the land where your same-sex marriage is now equal but your same-sex sex isn't. After the jump, read about the mixed signals being put out in Spain's social landscape.

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Tags: camdenton, missouri, ozarks, aclu, don't filter me, lawsuit, federal, resist, homophobia, midwest, censorship, discrimination, gay websites, lgbt

 

Missouri's Camdenton School District (near the Ozarks) is resisting an ACLU lawsuit demanding it removes its filter of LGBT-affirming websites and supportive materials. According to the ACLU, it marks the first time a school has turned down a request to stop censoring gay (non-porn) websites such as Trevor Project and It Gets Better. Details follow.

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Written by Brandon Rolph, | Tuesday, 05 July 2011
Tags: lee hall, anti-gay, opera, students, youth, censorship

The British playwright Lee Hall is in a war of censorship with a school over their request to eliminate the lines in the opera that reveal that one character is gay. Details after the jump.

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Tags: facebook, censorship, gay kiss, same sex, men, removes, indecent, discrimination, internet, tech, wtf, new york, marriage equality, sailors

Another day, another apology from Facebook for removing a sweet, g-rated picture (this time its a drawing!) of two sailors kissing. When will this embarrassing cycle end?

 

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Wednesday, 08 June 2011
Tags: censorship, christianity, rainbows, ban, st. joseph's catholic secondary school, canada, ontario, gay straight alliance, clubs, crazies, d-bags, discrimination, bigots, controversy

Despite the headline, news that a fiercely anti-gay Catholic high school in Ontario, Canada has banned rainbows is unfortunately not the latest viral-feature stacked with satire courtesy of The Onion

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