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
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- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
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. LGBTQ+ people the untry faced a backlash last year after an outbreak of COVID-19 was lked to gay clubs the untry's pal, Seoul.
The new group’s but track Show Me Your Pri has lyrics about g out, facg homophobia and hatred, and LGBT life. What is like to be gay South Korea?
BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER
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. 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.