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Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- ARE K-POP STARS "SO GAY"?
- KPOP IS GAY
- FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’
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 is 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.
ARE K-POP STARS "SO GAY"?
Somethg said by KPOP haters to scribe idols. They thk that KPOP is gay simply bee Asian men tend to look more feme (there is a word for I n't remember) and bee they wake up. It normally isn't te but sorry haters we won't get offend bee we sometim ship them together anyways! Oh yah also s really homophobic and racist. KPOP idols aren't the only Asians to wear makp and look feme so you are offendg lns of ordary cizens as well." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * kpop is 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.
KPOP IS GAY
South Korea’s first openly gay boy band, Lns, released an anthem for the LGBTQ+ muny as their first song. * kpop is gay *
There, homosexual sex is not banned, but is illegal the ary, where almost all men mt plete a stt of pulsory nscriptn.
FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’
“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. South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.