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
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- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’
- THIS ALLEGEDLY 'GAY' K-POP GROUP IS THRIVG WH RECENT SOLO TRACK 'ADRENALINE'
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
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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.
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.
FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’
Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * gay kpop *
Holland Holland is well-known as the media’s first openly gay K-Pop idol. He has been openly gay sce 2015 and buted 2018. Though his gay Korean iends told him would be better to stay the closet, he chose to e out as a way to be his te self.
He not only me out publicly (which mt have taken a lot of urage) but he also publicly speaks out agast homophobia Korean culture. This one explor the difficulti gay men face a culture not iendly to LGBTQA+ dividuals. He famoly msaged a gay izen to give volume to their voice.
Hoya (formerly of INFINITE) Hoya played Kang Joon Hee, a gay character Answer Me 1997, and received both acclaim and cricism.
THIS ALLEGEDLY 'GAY' K-POP GROUP IS THRIVG WH RECENT SOLO TRACK 'ADRENALINE'
South Korea’s first openly gay boy band, Lns, released an anthem for the LGBTQ+ muny as their first song. * gay kpop *
CL CL is well-known for her huge LGBTQA+ fan base and her iendship wh Jeremy Stt, who is openly gay. ELLE: You have such a big gay followg. I have so many gay iends and I love them so much bee they’re fun.
HOLLAND’s “Neverland” This was the but song of the first openly gay K-Pop idol – a te in. BESTIE’s “Exce Me” At one pot the vio, a girl asks a guy for his number – but he turns out to be gay. Nell’s “The Day Before” This song addrs the heavy relatn between homosexualy and suici.
“This panel, we’re jt gog to show our gay,” Lai Franc proclaimed to the packed crowd at KCon’s panel on LGBT fandom Korean pop mic. The K-Pop fans attendance roared wh approval. * gay kpop *
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.
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.