It is utterly laughable and contemptible how the Taiwanese authorities recently allowed to be shown in public a film (The Wayward Cloud) in which a man has fellatio performed on him, yet these same authorities cracked down on a gay and lesbian bookstore owner for selling "indecent" material ("Activists blast bookstore verdict," Date page 2). The owner is being subjected to the clutches of homophobic and patriarchal laws that are clearly outdated.
The Wayward Cloud won an award at the 55th annual Berlin Film Festival and received the "Fipresci Award" -- given by judges from the International Federation of Film Critics.
To allow this film to be viewed in public, and then charge and convict Lai Jeng-jer (???) for celebrating a sexuality that doesn't conform to heterosexual views, amounts to sexual cleansing, or a kind of compulsory heterosexuality.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2005/06/08/2003258513
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