Speakg wh Billboard, K-pop star Holland tails what happened when he was attacked Seoul for beg a gay man
Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- K-POP STAR HOLLAND IS FG A PATH AS AN OPENLY GAY IDOL
- K-POP STAR COM OUT AS GAY
- THIS ALLEGEDLY 'GAY' K-POP GROUP IS THRIVG WH RECENT SOLO TRACK 'ADRENALINE'
- MEET MARSHALL BANG, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY KPOP STAR
- FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
It’s no secret that beg openly LGBTQ+ the K-pop world is difficult, but the stars enuraged the muny wh their posive msag – and even hope to help pneer gay rights * gay kpop star *
Holland is not the first known LGBT K-pop idol, but you n say that this new generatn of K-pop, he's one of the first idols who admted that he's gay. He ially me out as gay 2015, and upon g Korea, his iends told him to keep his sexualy secret - but he's proud of his inty, makg him the first Korean artist who is openly gay.
However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency. Maman Maman, who origally buted 2007 unr the stage name Magoply, is K-Pop first openly gay idol.
K-POP STAR HOLLAND IS FG A PATH AS AN OPENLY GAY IDOL
Holland, one of the first openly gay pop idols Korea, spoke wh Teen Vogue about beg a role mol for LGBTQ+ rights. * gay kpop star *
Shortly after butg, Maman me out as gay an terview.
Holland Holland is well-known as the media’s first openly gay K-Pop idol.
He has been openly gay sce 2015 and buted 2018. Though his gay Korean iends told him would be better to stay the closet, he chose to e out as a way to be his te self.
K-POP STAR COM OUT AS GAY
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What is like to be gay South Korea?
THIS ALLEGEDLY 'GAY' K-POP GROUP IS THRIVG WH RECENT SOLO TRACK 'ADRENALINE'
This Allegedly 'Gay' K-pop Group is Thrivg Wh Recent Solo Track 'ADRENALINE' * gay kpop star *
Homophobia is still rife South Korea, where very few mastream mic stars have e out as gay. There, homosexual sex is not banned, but is illegal the ary, where almost all men mt plete a stt of pulsory nscriptn.
“It’s kd of sad, ” said Jungm Kwon, an amic who wrote a book lled “Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasi. “On the one hand looks like the dtry is very open md to shippg culture, ” she told CNN, referrg to the culture among fans of imagg relatnships between their favore stars – cludg gay relatnships.
MEET MARSHALL BANG, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY KPOP STAR
Marshall Bang is a Korean pop sger om Orange County. He's many thgs: a great volist, a good dance. He's also gay. Read his story. * gay kpop star *
Acrdg to Kwon, fans were spired by “yaoi” – a kd of Japane manga that featur gay relatnships between male upl – and began makg up stori about their favore stars. Even now, K-pop labels sometim cultivate idols’ homoerotic appeal the hop that mak them more popular fanfictn, where Kwon timat 80% of stori volve gay story l.
South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.
FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’
But they don’t want gay idols be open about their sexualy.