Daily Xtra Travel - Your Comprehensive Gui to Gay Travel Seoul

Contents:

• GAY JONGNO: HIDN PLA SIGHT
• GAY SEOUL SEOUL CY GUI
• GAY SEOUL
• THE HOR GUI TO GAY SEOUL
• THE BT GAY BARS SEOUL
• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL
• SEOUL GAY MASSAGE SPAS & THERAPISTS
• GAY SEOUL

GAY JONGNO: HIDN PLA SIGHT

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ITAEWON & "HOMO HILL".

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Many are unaware that the streets of Jongno are led wh myriad gay tablishments, varyg om standard bars and karaoke jots to DVD rooms, BBQs and even gay snas. While the more obv ‘Homo Hill’ the ternatnal district of Itaewon is often associated wh all thgs gay Korea has to offer, the more laid back and shabby Jongno is whout doubt the heart of Seoul’s gay scene, boastg untls hangouts close proximy to Jongno 3-ga statn, jt next to the Nakwon mil stment ar. The Korean gay scene has never been as accsible as now is, but the story go that gay Jongno started off as a space for homosexuals to gather the 1970s when thgs were que different.

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Until then gay enunters happened randomly and anonymoly secret and ever-changg public lotns around town. But as the cy reveloped unr Print Park Chung-hee, bs started movg out of downtown and empty spots Jongno-3-ga slowly filled wh brothels and a handful of gay bars.

One spot particular, Pagoda Theater (now Pagoda Town), soon beme famo as a place where gay sex was soliced and offered. Gay drkg hol nearby were shroud secrecy, and one had to be guid to a gay bar orr to know .

THE HOR GUI TO GAY SEOUL

Jongno-3-ga built a reputatn for beg a space for gay men through the 1980s. Wh the arrival of the more openly gay scene Itaewon the 1990s, young Koreans started to shun sketchy Jongno, formg a gay inty distant om the seedy streets near Pagoda Theater. Wh the advent of Inter, the late 1990s saw the muny tly rise, bound by an explic self-inty, and Jongno eventually followed su, even placg gay bar signs outsi and beg what is today.

The area between Tapgol Park, once a gay cisg ground, and a blockbter theater until recently known as Lotte Cema Picdilly attracts olr female sex workers — lloquially known as “Bacch Ajumma” — spe recent crackdowns.

But on Friday and Saturday nights, after boozed-up ajeossi ll a day, Jongno be gay central where boys e out to play. Unlike Homo Hill, Jongno is very much Korean terrory. Acrdg to lists drawn up regularly (and jt as equently banned by the South Korean ernment), Jongno unts up to one hundred gay spots the area though an exact number is difficult to e by.

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For those wantg to wake up for the night, a popular gatherg spot is the brightly l Coffee Bean outlet – also known as ‘Gay Bean’ – right by the Nakwon ar.

Judgg by the nocturnal pas that take place on weekends and the numero bars full public view, the Korean gay scene is not exactly hidn away, but most Koreans are pletely obliv to . In that sense, Jongno is tly a world apart the very heart of Seoul, a untry where the existence of homosexualy is acknowledged, but homosexuals are not.

The fact that gay Jongno exists is fortg, a ttament that homosexuals do ed exist, are able to self-intify, and able to form a muny spe the reprsive society they live . Most Koreans thk they “have never met a gay person” after all, and Jongno and s te meang rg no bell to him. Gay Seoul Seoul Cy GuiSouth Korea’s pal cy of Seoul is both fiercely morn and uniquely old school.

THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL

For your five Seoul gay gui, you’ve e to the right bt hotels SeoulLet’s start this gay Seoul travel gui wh a roundup of the bt plac to stay Seoul. Down the street, the home-grown Lotte Hotel Seoul Executive Tower boasts 5-star opulence signed by no ls than four world-leadg sign ameni abound Seoul’s top hotels, for sight to the foundatns of tradnal Korean livg, you’ll want to experience life at Rak Ko Jae, a quat 130-year-old gut hoe wh Bchon Village, entirely ma om wood and stone, featurg a mud sna, fay vib and home oked Korean, Long Chim KcheniRemend hotels Gay Seoul - SeoulSpecial SelectnExclive Mr Hudson offersExplore more. This is not yet Bangkok or Taipei for gay nightlife, but certaly 's a place you will not regret puttg on your statn map.

But evangelil Christians still burn Buddhist templ, and abhor the creasg visibily of gay people. Acts such as sodomy, or oral terurse were nsired unmentnable urts and other public foms, so tradnal nservative society has had nothg to say about homosexualy. Consequently is legal to be gay South Korea, but many people prefer not to e out to fay, iends or -workers.

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Some see their style as remiscent of the flower boys, the Hwarang (화랑) of 6-9th century Silla, bands of youths selected for their bety and traed martial arts, an associatn tged wh homosexual nnotatns. Homo Hill is Itaewon, and the name speaks for self.

Among the hundreds of gay bars this cy, those loted this foreigner-iendly queer enclave at the center of Yongsan district are the most likely to have staff and ctomers who speak English. Jongno the central Nagwon-dong neighborhood, remas the gayt area of Seoul. Nearby alleys are led wh a multu of eveng street food tents (pojangmacha) terg to crowds of men both gay and straight, most party mo.

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A number of tents by ex 4 of Jongno 3 Ga (종로 3 가) near many of the gay bars, serve up anju food and cheap drks for an animated throng of gay men, late to the night. TravelGayAsia onle travel gui lists gay bars, nightclubs, snas, spas, beach, shops and more, Seoul, Ban, and many other ci Asia, pl Atralia and New Zealand. The Korea Queer Film Ftival (KQFF) screens for four days July, focg on the diverse liv and sir of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals livg Korea.

For a look at some other gay films of the past see the QueerKorea cema pag.