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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

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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.

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. The new group’s but track Show Me Your Pri has lyrics about g out, facg homophobia and hatred, and LGBT life. He not only me out publicly (which mt have taken a lot of urage) but he also publicly speaks out agast homophobia Korean culture.

K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ARTIST IS FDG FAM AND FANS IN CONSERVATIVE SOUTH KOREA

“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. * kpop gay artists *

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.

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.

FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’

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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* KPOP GAY ARTISTS

First openly gay K-pop boy band releas sgle ‘Show Me Your Pri’.

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