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IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
” One petn sent to the Mistry of Jtice prophied, whout any evince, that “homosexuals will try to sce everyone” if the bill were to bee law. ” In May, a top adviser to Print Yoon said “homosexualy n be treated, ” like a smokg hab (he later rigned). Prottant Pastor Yonah Lee, a stnch supporter of Yoon’s polici, is often lled this untry’s facto “ex-gay” spokperson.
” Pastor Yonah Lee, center, leads an "ex-gay" march LifePastor Lee acknowledged that discrimatn agast LGBTQ dividuals is “wrong, ” but he argued that the Bible “nmns homosexualy” and baselsly claimed that an anti-discrimatn law that explicly protects LGBTQ people would “force church to close. Hong, the Daegu mayor, has prevly ma headl for anti-LGBTQ statements, such as claimg that gay men would weaken the South Korean ary, acrdg to lol media. Homophobia is rife South Korea, where there is no prehensive anti-discrimatn laws to protect LGBTQ people.
South Korea do not legally regnize same-sex marriage, and is ls acceptg of gay upl pared to nearby mocraci like Japan and Taiwan. What is like to be gay South Korea? Homophobia is still rife South Korea, where very few mastream mic stars have e out as gay.