A man holds a rainbow flag after taking part in the Pride Run in Shanghai. The media regulator faces a legal challenge over rules that ban content depicting gay relationships. Photo: AFP
A man holds a rainbow flag after taking part in the Pride Run in Shanghai. The media regulator faces a legal challenge over rules that ban content depicting gay relationships. Photo: AFP
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China’s media watchdog in legal challenge over censorship of gay content

Beijing court accepts rare case in which regulator will be asked to provide legal basis for rules that describe homosexuality as ‘abnormal’

A man holds a rainbow flag after taking part in the Pride Run in Shanghai. The media regulator faces a legal challenge over rules that ban content depicting gay relationships. Photo: AFP
A man holds a rainbow flag after taking part in the Pride Run in Shanghai. The media regulator faces a legal challenge over rules that ban content depicting gay relationships. Photo: AFP
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