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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- THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA
- GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA
South Korean sger Kwon Do Woon has e out as gay, makg him the first male Korean celebry to do so 20 years. * lgbt korean artists *
The mil The Pri and s dited st are helpg to pave the way for the acceptance of gay people Korea. Korean media tends to shy away om the topic of homosexualy, and the ncept of an LGBTQ muny is que foreign, but the mil The Pri aims to change all that.
GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS
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. * lgbt korean artists *
The Pri, wrten by Alexi Kaye Campbell 2008, tails the story of two parallel love stori between two gay men, Philip and Oliver, 1958 and another gay uple wh the same nam 2008. In London 2017, gays are livg eely and openly. ” — Director Kim Dong Yeon He further explaed that The Pri don’t aim only to portray the many stggl that gay people endure, but also to te the dience as to how to go about acceptg their differenc by listeng to their stori and growg wh them.
In 2000, Hong S Chun was the first celebry to e out as gay but was shamed and banished om the entertament dtry. Actor Hong S Chun In 2010, he me back wh a show lled “Comg Out” that aimed to help other gay men e out to their loved on. From then on, Korea’s stance on homosexualy has slowly been advancg to bee more acceptg, as more and more people are learng to bee more empathetic.
It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said. South Korean sger Kwon Do Woon has e out as gay, makg him the first male Korean celebry to do so 20 years.
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
CNN attribut the difficulti LGBTQ+ Koreans face to the homophobia that is ‘still rife’ the untry, addg “major rerd labels are aaid to let stars be open about their sexualy for fear that they will hurt their reer. Other Gay Korean Celebri. “There’s no greater reward than dog for the ltle Black gay boy who has someone to look up to now bee we didn’t have those people to look up to, ” says Phipps, reuntg a movg past experience where a preteen boy lled the duo his hero after seeg them perform.
(Jason Armond / Los Angel Tim) (Jason Armond / Los Angel Tim) Through the Freaky Boiz’s high-energy live performanc and slick raps over stmentals sure to make you dance, they’re rvg their own lane hip-hop and treatg dienc to mic that highlights Black gay joy, datg adventur and wo and empowerg antiexploatn bops tailor-ma for the digal age like “Cash App.
”“They’re tryg to teach kids that beg gay is wrong and that’s phg 50 years backwards om the work of people who started the Pri para like Marsha P. Andrew Ahn’s father once told him that there were “no gay people Korea. In a culturally nservative muny, where gog to church and buildg a fay were heavily emphasized, Ahn felt his gay inty kept him “om beg able to participate Korean culture.