Billy Eichner’s history-making gay rom-com Bros banned from Middle East over

The first R-rated gay rom-com made by the studio has been pulled

region “due to cultural and commercial reasons”

Bros is set to premiere in the US on 30 September and in the UK

It will then be rolled out across most international markets

It is not expected to screen in Saudi Arabia

Most Middle Eastern nations outlaw same-sex intimacy with the maximum

The same research showed five places in the region do not criminalise same-sex relations