<p>Malaysian authorities have announced that, after recently banning the theatrical releases of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marvel">Marvel&#8217;s</a> &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/natalie-portman-says-thor-star-dumped-his-carnivore-diet-before-kiss-scene-because-im-vegan/">Thor: Love and Thunder</a>&#8221; and Pixar&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/same-fate-as-lightyear-china-yet-to-set-release-date-for-gayest-thor-sequel-yet/">Lightyear</a>,&#8221; the Muslim-majority nation will ban additional films over <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-love-that-natalie-portman-boasts-new-thor-film-is-the-gayest-marvel-movie-yet/">LGBTQ themes</a> and storylines.</p>
<p>Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/malaysia-ban-lgbt-films-thor-lightyear-1235338721/">noted</a> that both films had initially been submitted — by parent company <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-disney-employees-break-down-adding-queerness-to-shows-and-degenderizing-theme-parks/">Disney</a> — to the nation&#8217;s Film Censorship Board (LPF). The LPF had reportedly asked for several cuts, presumably altering or removing scenes such as the same-sex kiss in &#8220;Lightyear,&#8221; but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> had declined to accommodate their requests.</p>
<p>&#8220;Recently there was a film that did not pass censorship, that is the new &#8216;Thor&#8217; film,&#8221; Abidin explained. &#8220;[The movie] touched on LGBT but we see right now there are many films with LGBT elements that slip past the censorship.&#8221;</p>
<p>Malaysia, he confirmed, has committed to limiting public access to gay culture whenever possible — and lamented the fact that, in order to bypass censors, the LGBTQ content in film and streaming content had become more subtle over time. &#8220;I am frustrated because the outside world was the one promoting LGBT,&#8221; he said, adding that the government was keeping a close eye on streaming content and social media and &#8220;would take severe action against individuals found promoting such elements.&#8221;</p>
<p>Zahidi also noted that while the government could keep a tight rein on broadcast television and domestic theatrical releases, there was little they could do to prevent access to such content via streaming platforms.</p>
<p>&#8220;We cannot control overseas platforms that are easily reached online — but activities in the country, we have no issues. We have always been stern and committed,&#8221; he explained, saying that current law did not allow for censorship of streaming content. &#8220;In addition, OTT services like Netflix are not like public broadcast services or private institutions in the country that fall under existing laws involving licensing and censorship in the country.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pixar&#8217;s &#8220;Lightyear&#8221; was also <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/pixars-lightyear-ban-saudi-arabia-same-sex-kiss-1235292236/">banned from release</a> in several other Muslim-majority nations over the lesbian kiss. According to a report from Variety, Pixar never even attempted to get the film past the censors in Saudi Arabia, knowing that it would never pass. It was initially green-lighted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where censorship laws have recently begun to relax slightly, but a last minute reversal kept the film out of theaters there as well.</p>
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