Send-gen star Crayon Pop's Way and former BLANC7's Shwoo reveal whether there are really a lot of gay idols the K-Pop dtry.
Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE
- ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
- THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
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 * kpop idols that might 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.
KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE
There are reasons why there aren’t a lot of openly gay idols. Two sirs nfirmed that gay idols are more mon than expected.
| For their Dark Sis Of K-Pop segment, former Blady member Co and traee-turned-lyricist Ga Maeng were asked how Korean pani view same-sex relatnships and gay idols.
Dpe idols not talkg about their sexualy, there are que a few who are gay. In a society where celebri receive backlash for g out as gay, mak sense why K-Pop idols who are part of the LGBT muny want to protect themselv. What is like to be gay South Korea?
ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
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. 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.
THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.