K-pop: Why 's hard for stars to be gay South Korea | CNN

Contents:

• KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE
• KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]
• KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• 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

KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE

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. 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.

KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]

I'm not nyg nor agreeg wh the fact that there are plenty of idols who genuely want to show support or are gay/lbian/bisexual themselv, bee at the end of the day 's not our bs to wonr about someone's sexual/romantic orientatn. Compani should really stop queerbag sce idols ass would be on fire if they ever admed to beg gay. Whatever sexualy they have, they don't plan on beg a 'gay pop in' hey, maybe one day a kpop idol will be twerkg on Satan like Lil Nax X too, lol.

KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE

I've seen full blown arguments twter and youtube on whether X or Y idol is gay and 's jt.. I'm a b aaid of different thgs here, there are many people on Twter or Redd who are "forcg" this lerally on those "he is so gay""oh she is my fav lbian girllll"I remember that there was some theory that 10% of all people the world are even if means that 90% are which should we assume? Whatever sexualy they have, they don't plan on beg a 'gay pop in'.

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

I have to adm that, when I first got to kpop years ago, I had no ia what shippg was and the ia that people might spend hours creatg vios about idols beg gay and love wh several of their fellow group members when they're most likely not...

THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?

It's not bee you are gay, lbian or bi that you are even slightly cled to make skship and other kd of teractns wh a person of the same genre as you, specially if that person is straight. 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.

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.

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

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.