The report then read, “Gay people flood global markets with toys carrying their colors and slogans.”Ī similar development occurred in Kuwait soon thereafter. Speaking before a pile of toys featuring rainbow colors, the official said the toys “promote homosexuality in an indirect way.”
In the video, the presenter interviewed a Ministry of Commerce official in a children’s toy store in Riyadh. On June 14, the Saudi state-owned television station Al Ekhbariya ran a report on rainbow-colored toys and their supposed connection to homosexuality.
The rainbow flag representing pride for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has recently been the center of controversy in two Gulf states.