Tender Film About a Gay Couple Who Adopted a Homeless Child Becomes Rare LGBT+ Success in China1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a nation where acceptance of same-sex couples is progressing at a less-than-glacial rate, Chinese filmmakers have long been censored and nettled by authorities’ inability to acknowledge that LGBT+ people even exist.
But 19-year-old filmmaker Ran Yinxiao sought to challenge the industry with his film, Forbidden Love in Heaven, released on local streaming platforms in July 2020.
It was a “bold attempt to explore the difficulties that sexual minorities face in starting a family”, Yinxiao told South China Morning Post.
Image Credit: Ran Yinxiao
