While TV has exploded with LGBTQ characters, meaningful queer representation has remained conspicuously absent from Hollywood's biggest movies. - NBCOUT
So what is keeping the film industry from making the same strides with bringing queer characters to vivid life that it has recently made with putting more women and people of color front and center on screen?
China has no formal rules specifically prohibiting content that features same-sex intimacy, but there is an informal understanding that censors will excise explicitly same-sex material, according to two former executives with extensive major studio and distribution experience. Historically, that has made studios wary of greenlighting films with LGBTQ characters.
An insider close to Disney denied that China had ever played a role in determining whether or not the studio will include gay characters in its films. "It seemed like a natural progression, but sadly enough it's a time when people are too afraid, I think, of ... I don't know what," he said.
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