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Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]
- HOSHI DATG SNDAL: RELATNSHIP WH ACTOR LEE SOO HY- GAY RUMORS
- GAY AND TRANS SOLDIERS SAY THEY WERE ABED SOUTH KOREAN ARY
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
It’s no secret that beg openly LGBTQ+ the K-pop world is difficult, but the stars enuraged the muny wh their posive msag – and even hope to help pneer gay rights * gay scandal kpop *
Holland is not the first known LGBT K-pop idol, but you n say that this new generatn of K-pop, he's one of the first idols who admted that he's gay. He ially me out as gay 2015, and upon g Korea, his iends told him to keep his sexualy secret - but he's proud of his inty, makg him the first Korean artist who is openly gay. However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency.
KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]
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. There, homosexual sex is not banned, but is illegal the ary, where almost all men mt plete a stt of pulsory nscriptn. “It’s kd of sad, ” said Jungm Kwon, an amic who wrote a book lled “Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasi.
“On the one hand looks like the dtry is very open md to shippg culture, ” she told CNN, referrg to the culture among fans of imagg relatnships between their favore stars – cludg gay relatnships. Acrdg to Kwon, fans were spired by “yaoi” – a kd of Japane manga that featur gay relatnships between male upl – and began makg up stori about their favore stars.
HOSHI DATG SNDAL: RELATNSHIP WH ACTOR LEE SOO HY- GAY RUMORS
Even now, K-pop labels sometim cultivate idols’ homoerotic appeal the hop that mak them more popular fanfictn, where Kwon timat 80% of stori volve gay story l. South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.
GAY AND TRANS SOLDIERS SAY THEY WERE ABED SOUTH KOREAN ARY
But they don’t want gay idols be open about their sexualy. But when me time to but, the label was agast him butg as a gay idol. “It’s a shame that’s the lim they n go when to showg homosexual teractn – n only be portrayed as funny.