As a genre, gay fictn has leapt om words to the screen wh enormo populary, but not beyond the censor’s reach.
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Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * chinese gay actor *
Cha mov to kill romantic gay-themed ‘boys’ love’ dramas amid wir crackdown on entertament dtryOne of the most succsful drama seri Cha the past year is Word of Honour, which picts the iendship and brotherly love between two male only has turned the two ltle-known leadg actors, Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan, to super idols, has also received a ratg of 8. Used to portray gay relatnships by replacg sexual elements wh subtext or bromance, dangai dramas are regard by regulators as “misleadg” for younger generatns that ntribute to “toxic idol worship” amid a broar crackdown on Cha’s fandom culture sce last a natnal nference on the televisn and film dtry earlier this month, Yang Shuo, who heads the Beijg Municipal Rad and Televisn Bure, said his thory has banned the dangai genre films and TV seri pletely to “create a clean and healthy cyberspace for the pal cy” is steppg up s efforts to pull the plug on onle TV dramas that promote boys’ love idol cultivatn and lls for creatn of a ‘clear and healthy’ cultural space onle. In September, the Natnal Rad and Televisn Admistratn (NRTA) lled for an end to dangai, along wh a seri of entertament phenomena cludg chasg onle traffic, sky-high salari for celebri and tax a highly lucrative form of drama recent years, dangai om a Che genre of lerature borrowed om Japan — danmei, which revolv around gay men and their romantic relatnships, or boys’ love.