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Contents:

• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS
• THE ARE THE 20 MALE K-POP CELEBRI MOST LOVED BY GAY KOREAN MEN IN ... - LATT TWEET BY KOREABOO
• GAY KOREAN CELEBRY ‘MARRI’ PARTNER
• GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER
• 5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS
• CATEGORY ARCHIV: KOREAN GAY CELEBRI

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

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. 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.

GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS

There, homosexual sex is not banned, but is illegal the ary, where almost all men mt plete a stt of pulsory nscriptn.

THE ARE THE 20 MALE K-POP CELEBRI MOST LOVED BY GAY KOREAN MEN IN ... - LATT TWEET BY KOREABOO

“It’s kd of sad, ” said Jungm Kwon, an amic who wrote a book lled “Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasi.

GAY KOREAN CELEBRY ‘MARRI’ PARTNER

“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.

GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER

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.

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.

5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS

“It’s a shame that’s the lim they n go when to showg homosexual teractn – n only be portrayed as funny. After Hong me out publicly as gay 2000, he was fired om his hostg job and lost other work – and thor Kwon believ that harsh rponse has disuraged others om followg su.

Holland thks thgs are changg: more artists appear to be ditg that they are alli of the gay muny. In the absence of nfirmatn, mentators have ed small, clive clu to speculate on their stance, for example, the time the band’s lear RM tweeted Macklemore’s song “Same Love, ” which promot equal rights for gay people.

CATEGORY ARCHIV: KOREAN GAY CELEBRI

But ultimately, experts believe a time when gay stars are accepted mastream K-pop uld still be some way off. South Korean sger Kwon Do Woon has e out as gay, makg him the first male Korean celebry to do so 20 years.

CNN attribut the difficulti LGBTQ+ Koreans face to the homophobia that is ‘still rife’ the untry, addg “major rerd labels are aaid to let stars be open about their sexualy for fear that they will hurt their reer.