Lesbian kiss cut from 'Home and Away'

Australia's Seven Network has bowed to pressure from conservative groups and censored a lesbian kissing scene from an upcoming episode of Home and Away, reports The Australian.

Producers have been forced to cut intimate images from the scene, in which policewoman Charlie Buckton (Esther Anderson) and deckhand Joey Collins (Kate Bell) share a passionate kiss after dancing together on a boat, before it goes to air in Australia on Tuesday.

Speaking about the controversial storyline earlier this month, Anderson said: "You learn pretty much everything at school," she said. "I don't think it's like I'm lifting the lid on something they don't already know about.

"To me there's no difference - love's love. The fact that your partner's the same sex is no different. You just want to be loved."

Since the lesbian storyline began airing two weeks ago, over 100,000 viewers have tuned out and the network has been inundated with complaints from parents saying they don't want their children exposed to same-sex relationships in a family show.