Lebanon in move to ban Barbie film for ‘promoting homosexuality’

Culture minister asks general security agency to act to prevent screening as anti-LGBT rhetoric ramps up

Lebanon's culture minister moved to ban the film Barbie from the country's cinemas on Wednesday, saying it promoted homosexuality" and contradicted religious values.

Mohammad Mortada is backed by the powerful Shia Muslim armed group Hezbollah, whose head, Hassan Nasrallah, has ramped up his rhetoric against the LGBT community, saying it poses an imminent danger" to Lebanon and should be confronted".