And I said hey, what's going on? Numbers are power, and Sense8's Chinese fan base may have been large enough to save the cult TV series from the ratings axe if the show could have been legally broadcast in the Mainland. Anti-homosexual censorship of media is damaging not only the LGBTQ community, but also a potentially massive market for queer film and television. It was early morning on June 2nd. I opened my eyes, still bleary with sleep, to find the internet broken with the

New guidelines published last week by the China Netcasting Services Association (CNSA) have effectively banned portrayals of homosexuality from all film, TV and web series online, deeming it 'abnormal sexual behavior,' alongside incest and rape. If enforced, what will these new regulations mean for China's LGBTQ population? Without any doubt, the new CNSA guidelines' ambition to wipe queer characters off the internet will damage the lives of the Chinese LGBTQ community. The i