Kenyan censor Ezekial Mutua has had quite a week, managing to cause international eye-rolling for two separate reasons. He was widely mocked a few days ago for saying that after two male lions were photographed having sex in a Kenyan national park, they must have been copying it after seeing two human men doing it (as no animals could possibly get up to such things without human influence). He also decided to ban the Disney Channel series Andi Mack, because it opened its second season with one of its main character starting on the journey of coming out as gay.
Mutua commented that, “any attempt to introduce gay programming in Kenya will be met with the full force of the law.” He continued that, “homosexuality goes against the collective and values of the people of Kenya”, according to Nairobi News. He also took to Twitter to say, “Children must be given correct information tht family is a union btwn people of opposite gender.”
Andi Mack follows 13-year-old Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), who’s coming to terms with the fact the person she thought was her her older sister is actually her biological mother. The series also charts he friendship with Cyrus Goodman (Joshua Rush) and Buffy Driscoll (Sofia Wylie), as well as Andi’s feeling for her crush, Jonah Beck (Asher Angel). However in Season 2, Cyrus confides to Buffy that he laso has feeling for Jonah, which the makers have described as the beginning of a journey of self-discovery.
While it was already a successful show for the network, the coming out storyline has seen it reach new heights in the US, up 72% from the series’ launch earlier this year.
Leave a Reply (if comment does not appear immediately, it may have been held for moderation)