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Contents:

• GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'
• SOUTH KOREAN GAY UPLE SE URT W AS BREAKTHROUGH FOR EQUALY
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY

GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'

The evangelil Christian newspaper Km Ilbo published an article headled “Confirmed ronavis patient viss gay club, ” disclosg the patient’s rince and workplace. The story quickly circulated across Korean news and social media, givg rise to an outpourg of homophobia.

SOUTH KOREAN GAY UPLE SE URT W AS BREAKTHROUGH FOR EQUALY

Read more: Homophobia Is Not an Asian Value “People need to fd a spegoat to displace the fear of a novel disease, ” says Hong Seok-cheon, an actor turned rtratr and the first celebry South Korea to e out as gay. But when you search, there are lots of lbian and gay vios, but not much on inti bis those.

” 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. Public OpnSurveys South Korea have revealed a prevalence of ristance towards LGBTQ+ Korea SurveysSupport for Transgenr Incln the Milary Of South Korean cizens agreed transgenr people should be allowed to serve the ary of Koreans would feel fortable wh a fay member that is a homosexual person of Koreans would feel fortable makg iends wh a homosexual person of Koreans would be fortable workg wh a homosexual person of Koreans know a Korean LGBT person Of people South Korea agreed that transgenr people should be able to have surgery to match their genr inty of Koreans oppose same-sex marriage support same-sex marriage of Koreans said they supported equal employment opportuni for LGBT peopleHistoryHomosexual activy South Korea?

IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY

Homosexual activy South Korea is Same-sex terurse is not illegal for civilians South Korea, but is between men the ary. Current statSce Aug 15, 1948Not legal There has been proposals to legalize gay marriage, but none have passed as of May 2022. State-enforcedThe Government of South Korea practiced censorship of gay ntent webs om 2001 to 2003, through s Informatn and Communitns Ethics Commtee, an official an of the Mistry of Informatn and to change legal genr South Korea?

However, there are some signs that rtrictns on LGBTQ service members may be easg: In 2022, the South Korean Supreme Court overturned the nvictn of two soldiers for gay sex, and 2021, a district urt posthumoly restated a transgenr soldier who died by suici after beg dismissed om the donatns by MSMs South Korea? This stat shows a huge improvement om the 2010 World Valu Survey that found 63% of Koreans did not accept ‘homosexualy’3, 4.

[1] The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, “Defg LGBTQ”; URL: [Accsed: 27/10/21].