North Korea's only openly gay fector: ''s a weird life' | North Korea | The Guardian

Contents:

• NORTH KOREA’S ‘ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR’ FDS LOVE
• ‘I ULD NOT EVEN DREAM’: WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY NORTH KOREA
• NORTH KOREA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR: ''S A WEIRD LIFE'
• GAY LIFE NORTH KOREA
• NORTH KOREA SLAMS U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT BEE WAS LED BY GAY MAN
• SOUTH KOREAN GAY UPLE SE URT W AS BREAKTHROUGH FOR EQUALY

NORTH KOREA’S ‘ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR’ FDS LOVE

Image source, Oh HwanJang Yeong-j's remarkable story as North Korea's only openly gay fector was vered by the ternatnal media after he published his tobgraphy. Medil tts "There is no ncept of homosexualy North Korea, " he says. Park Jeong-Won, a law profsor at Seoul's Kookm Universy, says that he is not aware of any explic North Korean law agast gay and lbian relatnships.

But he adds that the state's laws agast extramaral relatns and breachg social mor would probably be -opted to prosecutg any gay sexual act. "When I asked them about homosexualy, they didn't tch on quickly so I had to expla to every sgle person, " Kim, profsor of North Korean Studi at Ewha Women's Universy, says. He turned the page to disver an article about gay men g out, wh a scene om an Amerin film showg two men kissg source, Chosun-ilboImage ptn, Jang's risky fectn route ma headl the SouthFally dawned on Jang that he, too, was gay.

‘I ULD NOT EVEN DREAM’: WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY NORTH KOREA

"The revelatn transformed Jang's life, and he beme a regular at Seoul's gay bars. "I heard that there are many gay bars there. Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (other penalty)Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ Other punishmentNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectns.

HistoryHomosexual activy North Korea?

Homosexual activy North Korea is illegal (other penalty).

NORTH KOREA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR: ''S A WEIRD LIFE'

Unregnized Depictn media of affectn North Korea tend to be very rare, and no law agast gay marriage exists the legalArticle 193 outlaws the creatn, distributn or posssn of "nt" culture. But, based on a North Korean propaganda film om the year 2000, male homosexualy may be agast the law the ary, cludg for prisoners of war. Gay North Korean fector speaks out.

He was driven to leave the North by the difficulti of livg there as a gay man. Jang did not hear the word “homosexual” for the first 37 years of his life, sayg he had no ncept of what meant, somethg not unual his native North Korea.

GAY LIFE NORTH KOREA

Readg a magaze a doctor’s surgery 1998, not long after he arrived South Korea, Jang saw an article about homosexualy. “That was the first time I knew what homosexualy was and I was really pleased, ” he says. He has few iends and beg the only out gay fector the South has ma settlg twice as hard.

Contrary to popular belief, homosexualy is not agast the law North Korea, and people om the LGBT muny are more than wele to travel here – fact, openly gay tour guis have equently led tours here whout issue. Are there gays North Korea?

NORTH KOREA SLAMS U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT BEE WAS LED BY GAY MAN

Is there a gay scene North Korea? Whilst homosexualy is not illegal the untry, there is no gay scene to speak of, and you certaly will not meet openly gay Koreans the DPRK. How are gay travellers treated North Korea?

SOUTH KOREAN GAY UPLE SE URT W AS BREAKTHROUGH FOR EQUALY

The most that gay travelers n expect, terms of scty, is for your guis to take a ank tert your orientatn.