For So Sung- and Kim Yong-m, who last week won a landmark Seoul urt lg on natnal health verage for gay upl, the ti may fally be turng their years-long stggle for equal regnn South Korea for LGBT partnerships.
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'
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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.
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.
SOUTH KOREAN GAY UPLE SE URT W AS BREAKTHROUGH FOR EQUALY
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.
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
” 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.