Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg.
Contents:
- LLIE CHNG: ASIA'S GAY IN LIV ON 15 YEARS AFTER HIS ATH
- HERE’S 7 LGBT+ ASIANS FOR YOUR #20GAYTEEN MIC PLAYLIST
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER PREPAR TO MAKE HIS DEBUT
LLIE CHNG: ASIA'S GAY IN LIV ON 15 YEARS AFTER HIS ATH
Llie Chng, one of the first celebri to e out as gay Asia, is still spirg people today. * gay asian singers *
Fuck your transphobia, homophobia, sexism, and toxic machismo—there’s no place for those here, ” they proclaim. But listen they did: spe his immediate embarrassment, he has e to terms wh his regnn Korea for his mic – an terview wh Huffgton Post, he shared that he felt the need to be “out publicly and be active”, a untry where gay marriage (the oft-talked-about poster child for gay rights) was and is still crimalised. Queerns is exprsed wh steady, quiet nfince, which feel like he is nfidg you, as much as he is an out gay man.
In , he shar the emotns he felt when g out, specifilly, g out to himself, by fully acceptg his gayns spe others’ prejudic. Queer people are more “open-md” and willg to “hale” exprsns which are different, bee we enunter more everyday Daijg’s 2017 album A Sat Sight is spired by “A Season Hell” by Arthur Rimbd, which was wrten the midst of a torrential gay relatnship wh fellow poet Pl Verlae.
HERE’S 7 LGBT+ ASIANS FOR YOUR #20GAYTEEN MIC PLAYLIST
We have listed 30 sgers you may not have known were lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer. How many have you heard of? * gay asian singers *
Taiwan has always been a progrsive bastn Asia, and no moment perhaps monstrated that better than on May 17, 2019, where the natn led the charge queer rights by beg the ntent’s first untry to legalise gay marriage. Often when people talk about LGBT rights, they really mean gay rights – if the environment is already so hostile towards gay people, what do that mean for trans people?
In an exclive terview wh GAY TIMES, the sger revealed how much he enjoys beg able to openly exprs who he is: “It feels great to be openly gay, feels great that I n talk about the issu wh people who are outsi of my muny as well, bee I feel like that’s somethg I’ve always wanted to do, to let people know there is ed a queer scene Malaysia.
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
Marshall Bang, an openly gay K-pop sger, is preparg to make his but, schled for later this summer. * gay asian singers *
Commonly labelled the ‘first gay K-pop idol’, Holland has been powerfully outspoken when to LGBTQ+ reprentatn South Korea.
Speakg to GAY TIMES 2019, the K-pop star opened up about advotg on behalf of the muny: “LGBTQ rights Korea are still not very progrsive parison to some other untri”.
K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER PREPAR TO MAKE HIS DEBUT
Speakg exclively to GAY TIMES, the Amerin sger opened up about the importance of his voice and perspective the mic dtry: “I feel like my voice and what I’m sayg is unique s own way, and I jt want to tst that and make whatever feels good the moment whout tryg too hard. Maman Maman, who origally buted 2007 unr the stage name Magoply, is K-Pop first openly gay idol.
Holland Holland is well-known as the media’s first openly gay K-Pop idol. 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.
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.