Gay South Korea 2023 Travel Gui - Hotels, Bars, & Events

Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS SEOUL
• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL
• GAY BARS SOUTH KOREA YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
• A QUICK INTRO TO GAY AND LBIAN SEOUL
• SEOUL’S 12 BT GAY BARS JONGNO
• GAY SOUTH KOREA TRAVEL GUI
• THE BEST SOUTH KOREA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SOUTH KOREA
• SEOUL GAY MAP
• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL
• HOOK SHOW KARAOKESEOULMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETHOTEL DISUNTSBARSDANCE CLUBSMASSAGECISE CLUBSSNASTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPHOOK SHOW KARAOKE
• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL
• THE BEST THGS TO DO YONGSAN-GU, SEOULSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS YONGSAN-GU

THE BT GAY BARS SEOUL

From Gay and lbian bars to gay-iendly bars, here's everythg LGBT people should know.The bt gay bars SeoulIf you're new to the LGBT muny and feelg a ltle shy, don't. Come vis some of Seoul's bt gay bars, dance clubs, and pubs Seoul to drk, dance and meet people. GAY BARS IN KOREA.

THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL

Most of the remendatns will be around Itaewon as is well-known as the party’s hub Seoul, and the gay bars n be found there “Homo Hill” district. Bottoms up is a gay bar that n be found the bar and has a panoramic wdow that provis a great view of ‘Homo Hill’, the bar is open Tuday through Saturday. Why Not is one of the olst bars this area which is lled the "Homo Hill" known for s iendly staff, nice ambience, and fun K-pop on the weekend.

Blame on the Korean culture’s strong Confucian unrcurrents or s hab of disuragg so-lled “alternative liftyl, ” but gay and lbian Seoul rarely means venturg beyond the closet.

Jongno-(gay)-ga. It’s easy to miss the sr of ty Seoul bs that ter to gay men. Another tertg take on Jongno’s gay scene is loted beyond the bars.

GAY BARS SOUTH KOREA YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

The nattily-drsed men of girth who ngregate at the Fraser Su’ ground floor fé are known as “bears” gay parlance, and their proverbial n is lled “Gay Bean. On the other si of the Nagwon Ar is a le of pojangmacha snack rts where 90% of the ctomers on a balmy summer eveng are also young gays. The nattily-drsed men of girth who ngregate at the Fraser Su’ ground floor fé are known as “bears” gay parlance, and their proverbial n is nicknamed “Gay Bean.

For them, the clost Seoul has to a Wtern-styled “gay-borhood” is about 60 meters of asphalt pched at a 30 percent gra. Loted the expat enclave of Itaewon (이타원), the strip, known affectnately as “Homo Hill, ” is fun, if even a ltle fabulo. Led wh a half dozen hole--the-wall bars and dance clubs wh mpy nam like “Always Homme” and “Eat Me, ” ’s a popular weekend statn for a cur (and mostly harmls) mix of young gay Koreans and English teachers, their straight girl iends and the ocsnal U.

Pl Seo, the hill’s unofficial “mayor” and the owner of five gay-iendly Itaewon bs, cludg the Why Not? June’s Gay Days.

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SEOUL’S 12 BT GAY BARS JONGNO

ITAEWON & "HOMO HILL". Seoul has hundreds of gay bars spread around a handful of neighborhoods, but most tourists bee faiar wh Itaewon, a foreigner-iendly enclave that seems to have people om every untry on the pla wanrg around, along wh many Amerin and Korean soldiers. The gay heart of Itaewon, nicknamed "Homo Hill", has seen an explosn of foreigner-iendly, upsle gay bars, a nvenient lotn.

A gay chill-out bar the heart of Itaewon's nightlife zone.

Gay-owned zy lounge bar wh panoramic view the heart of Itaewon's gay scene.

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Lbian bar at the top of Homo Hill.

Gay-owned OWOO is a northern European styled Nordic lounge bar. A zy and fortable place for everybody cludg gays, lbians and straights. Queen UTOPIA VERIFIED MAR 2018Loted on Homo Hill between Trance and Always Homme, Utopia Map793-1290, email.

Large wdows look out over Homo Hill and a strip of gltery bubble chairs le the pat for good weather ont row seatg. One of the ma dance areas on Homo Hill, plete wh a stage and stripper pol.

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The clientele is VERY mixed both as to orientatn (gay, lez, bi, straight, other) as well as ethnicy, wh beg the one of the most popular LGBTQ night spots for foreigners Korea. Fun gay bar.

Jongno is Seoul's biggt gay enclave, wh more than a hundred clubs and venu loted the center of Seoul the Nagwon Dong neighborhood to the north and east of Topkol Park (Inpennce Park). But, Jongno is changg wh the tim and newer addns to the gay neighborhood tend to be larger, more open and more ternatnal outlook.

In the eveng, the lan and alleys of this nsely packed, low-rise area, bee filled wh food tents, tipsy salarymen, and thoands of gay men gog to and om their favore havens. But if you're alone, try some of the bars listed below where you'll be at ease wh a more ternatnal gay bar system and iendly, English-speakg staff to wele you. They n help you fd other gay bars, snas, gay cema, and jjimjilbang (cisg spac) the neighborhood.

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Morn, warm and zy gay cktail lounge.

THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL

Korean, English and Che languag are spoken here, so, for foreign visors, 's a good place to get updated rmatn about gay culture Korea. This gay-iendly bar wel visors om around the world.

The gentle and cute owner and his staff speak English well and are pleased to fill you on the gay scene. Mature gay Korean men. This gay cktail and we bar has betiful, ntemporary archectural sign.

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Upsle gay bar and lounge.

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Sce the 1990s, the natn’s iban (“이반” or Korean for “queer”) muny has nonted a society nstraed by iologil barriers old and new—Confucian prcipl and anti-gay Christian activists.

And while Seoul still isn’t Asia’s queer paradise, there are over 100 lbian and (mostly) gay bars Korea’s pal, not to mentn one of the ntent’s longt-nng LGBT paras and film ftivals. Jongno’s Nagwon-dong (낙원동) and Donui-dong (돈의동) neighborhoods are Seoul’s olst gay neighborhoods.

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For s, closeted gay men have ngregated sr of timate “member club” bars tucked along narrow alleys.

Outsi, sr of gay men gather at a le of food tents outsi Jongno 3(sam)-ga Statn (exs 3 and 6). To see for yourself, what follows are Seoul’s 12 bt gay bars  Jongno. Quick tip: Try to get your hands on a py of iShap’s gui to lol gay bars.

Opened by two iends, both born 1979 (hence the name), this sual gay soju bar is popular wh ctomers their 30s. Loted the shadow of the Nagwon Ar, this charmg spot b the bt of Seoul’s petg gay bar cultur—the timacy and iendls of the typil Jongno hnt wh stylish dér and eedom to chew expensive anju snacks. A fortable atmosphere to drk a beer or cktail alone or wh iends, seats up to 45 (large by Jongno standards) and is one of the few gay bars outsi of Itaewon where you’ll ocsnally see non-Koreans.

Opened 2005, Bar was the first of Jongno’s gay “one-shot bars” where ctomers uld orr beer, we or cktails whout payg an obligatory W20, 000 for a u plate or grilled squid. The unpretent place tailored to gay men their 30s is staffed by an affable (and trilgual) owner and bartenr.

Plastered red rose wallpaper (at least last I checked), the attractive gay cktail bar is ually packed on weekends and is one of the neighborhood’s most nsistently good statns. Jt off the ma drag the heart of gay Seoul’s Nagwon-dong neighborhood, GQ is one of a fair number of bars that ter (often exclively) to bears, the hky middle-aged gay man wh as much body hair as Korean gen will allow. There ya go… my humble list of Jongno’s 12 bt gay bars Seoul.

Seoul’s gay bars tend to experience heavy turnover, so before you go, always pays to ll or rearch ahead.

Sometim Jongno’s gay bars n feel a ltle prickly to non-Koreans and even gyopos who don’t speak Korean. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).

— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Gay South Korea. While there are very ltle rights protectg LGBT cizens, South Korea's tolerance of the LGBT muny is growg and a gay neighborhood exists the cy of Seoul where visors n enjoy the nightlife to the early hours of the morng.