Is the Romanian mass media open on the issue of homosexuality?
Generally, Romanian mass media is still marked to a fairly high degree by public homophobia The proof in this respect, is the unbalance between articles oriented on gay violations of the law and informative articles. It is true that no generalisations can be made regarding the degree to which the Romanian mass media is open toward this topic; that is not something we intend to do. The newspapers’ policy is sometimes in contradiction with the personal opinions of the journalists, opinions which appear even in newspapers and magazines which have not started out as homophobic publications. However, not many Romanian journals are openly homophobic. Most frequently, this topic is being exploited for its “exotic and unusual nature” – whose causes we have explained earlier – and not always out of malice or due to a clear attitude of rejection towards homosexuality. Market success is the main reason for publishing a rather large number of homosexuality related articles. It is true that this ca
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