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Explicit Gay Manga Ban In Tokyo Jails, Challenged By Japanese Lawyers

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mouse5The Ashashi Shinbum reports that lawyers have accused prison officials in Tokyo of discrimination after an inmate was refused comics depicting gay sex.

The discrimination comes into play, in that explicit manga featuring heterosexual scenes are not refused for similar inmates.

The complaint came from a 45-year-old man in jail for drugging someone and then robbing them. Five years ago, he requesting reading material that included the controversial scenes, to have them refused, as a matter of maintaining order and discipline. Other inmates however did not receive similar censure for their heterosexual-inclined choices.

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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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