8 Unfortable Tths About Beg Gay South Korea

Contents:

• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• 5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS
• GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS
• GAY SEOUL
• 8 UNFORTABLE TTHS ABOUT BEG GAY SOUTH KOREA
• GAY KOREAN CELEBRY ‘MARRI’ PARTNER
• GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER

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

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.

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

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. 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. “It’s a shame that’s the lim they n go when to showg homosexual teractn – n only be portrayed as funny.

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

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.

But ultimately, experts believe a time when gay stars are accepted mastream K-pop uld still be some way off. “Merry Queer” -host Hong Seok-cheon—one of the most proment openly gay celebri South Korea—spoke to TIME along wh the shows' producer Lim Chang-hyuck and “His Man” st member Lee Jeong-ho on what the shows mean for queer reprentatn.

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.

GAY SEOUL

However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency. Holland, also known as Go Tae-seob, is K-pop's first openly gay idol.

8 UNFORTABLE TTHS ABOUT BEG GAY SOUTH KOREA

K-pop’s LGBT star Holland: 10 facts about South Korea’s first openly gay idol, born Go Tae-seob – om Neverland’s R-rated mic vio to what his parents really thk. He stans BTS and One Directn’s Harry Styl, wants to work wh Sia, and ma iends wh Red Velvet’s Yeri after they -starred a Burberry mpaign – but Holland said no to entertament agenci and ma his but penntly Published: 10:00am, 16 Oct, 2020 Updated: 10:00am, 16 Oct, 2020 Holland, also known as Go Tae-seob, is K-pop's first openly gay idol.

Maman Maman, who origally buted 2007 unr the stage name Magoply, is K-Pop first openly gay idol. Shortly after butg, Maman me out as gay an terview.

GAY KOREAN CELEBRY ‘MARRI’ PARTNER

Holland Holland is well-known as the media’s first openly gay K-Pop idol.

GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER

He has been openly gay sce 2015 and buted 2018.