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Chinese TV Viewers Outraged By Sudden Cancellation of Popular Gay Drama

Chinese TV Viewers Outraged By Sudden Cancellation of Popular Gay Drama

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Although it had millions of viewers, the gay high school web series Addiction recently vanished from Chinese streaming services after censors found it 'unfit for viewing.'

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A popular gay-themed Chinese drama was unexpectedly dropped by online streaming services this week, and fans of the show are not particularly happy about it.

Addiction, a 15-part web series that portrays the lives of queer high schoolers, was removed from iQiyi -- China's version of Netflix -- on Monday after censors decided the show was "unfit for viewing," reports Time.

While there has yet to be an official response from Addiction's team of producers about the show's cancellation, Time notes that there have been more than 110 million online responses from fans in the aftermath of the show's disappearance. A majority of the comments posted online reportedly expressed disappointment with the censorship and the perceived disapproval of LGBT people in Chinese culture.

"I anticipated that it would be wiped out from the internet, but I still feel sad," one fan said in a report by the South China Morning Post. "When will our society become a multicultural and more tolerant one?"

On YouTube, the series appears under a similar title, Addicted. Watch the first episode below.

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Raffy is a Los Angeles native and magazine enthusiast who loves to write about pop culture, entertainment, fashion, and all things Rihanna.
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