Censorship

Censorship against LGBTQIA+ issues can vary based on international jurisdictions. They can vary in forms, such as some anti-LGBTQIA+ curriculum laws affecting some American stateshttps://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/no-promo-homo-laws-affect-millions-students-across-u-s-n845136, the Russian gay propaganda law (on promotion of "non-traditional" relationships), the Hungarian anti-LGBTQ law, and laws in Muslim-majority states such as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Malaysia that do not allow advocacy conflicting with Islamic morality (i.e. these laws are sharia laws).
== Forms of censorship ==
=== Book bans ===
Main article: Book ban
Book banning is a form of censorship against the LGBTQIA+ community. Often, books that mention LGBTQIA+ issues or have characters in said community get banned in some districts because they are deemed “sexually explicit” while most of these books have no sexual themes. For example, And Tango Makes Three has been one of the most challenged because of the mentions of LGBTQIA+ characters.
Other books that get banned include books featuring racially diverse characters. For example, a book with a black or Asian protagonist is more likely to get banned than one with a white protagonist.
==Current laws==
===Afghanistan===
On 21 November 2021, Afghanistan's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice made an order prohibiting Afghan TV channels from broadcasting anything that goes against the Taliban's interpretation of sharia and Afghan culture.https://www.rferl.org/a/taliban-women-media-television-/31572603.html
===Algeria===
Article 333 bis of the Penal Code, as amended on the 13th of February 1982 by law n° 82-04, criminalises the distribution of anything against "decency" with up to 2 years in prison and a DA 2,000 fine. This article also criminalises indecent exposure of any "act against the order of nature with an individual of the same sex" with up to 3 years in prison and a DA 10,000 fine.
=== Brazil (sub-national) ===
Since 2014, more than 217 bills have been introduced at federal and state levels to ban the teaching of “gender ideology” in schools.https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/05/12/i-became-scared-was-their-goal/efforts-ban-gender-and-sexuality-education-brazil
===China===
China has attempted to censor LGBTQIA+ activism since the 21st century. 
On the 31st of December 2015, the SARFT of the People’s Republic of China announced a rule that banned any TV shows or movies promoting “un-normal sexual relationships” including homosexuality.https://www.163.com/tech/article/BH6B87K3000915BF.html
===Georgia===
TBA
==Repealed==
===United Kingdom ===
Main article: Section 28
In the United Kingdom, Section 28 was a law that prohibited the “promotion of homosexuality” in schools and libraries. It was first introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s conservative government. It has been repealed since 2003.
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