THE BEST Seoul Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

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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But a closer look will reveal another world unfaiar to even veteran Jongno-goers, tourists, and rints alike: gay Jongno.

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 .

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.

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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.

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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.

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 .

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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.