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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.

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

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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.

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

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.

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

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