Beauty and the Beast remake has been banned in an American cinema because of gay character

"If we can not take our 11 year old granddaughter and 8 year old grandson to see a movie we have no business watching it”.

Beauty and the Beast remake has been banned in an American cinema because of gay character

Beauty and the Beast remake has been banned in a cinema in Alabama because of its inclusion of a gay character.

Henagar’s Drive-In Cinema has made the decision after director Bill Condon told Attitude Magazine that the film would feature an "exclusively gay moment" involving Josh Gad's character, LeFou, the buddy of vain villain Gaston (Luke Evans).

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