This Allegedly 'Gay' K-pop Group is Thrivg Wh Recent Solo Track 'ADRENALINE'
Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- ARE K-POP STARS "SO GAY"?
- K-POP STAR HOLLAND IS FG A PATH AS AN OPENLY GAY IDOL
- K-POP STAR COM OUT AS GAY
- 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
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 * k pop stars 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. 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.
ARE K-POP STARS "SO GAY"?
Holland, one of the first openly gay pop idols Korea, spoke wh Teen Vogue about beg a role mol for LGBTQ+ rights. * k pop stars gay *
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. 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.
K-POP STAR HOLLAND IS FG A PATH AS AN OPENLY GAY IDOL
LGBTQ+ issu might still be wily regard as taboo South Korea, but that didn’t stop the 8 gay, bisexual, transgenr and asexual idols om gog public wh their inti * k pop stars gay *
“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.
K-POP STAR COM OUT AS GAY
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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.
THIS ALLEGEDLY 'GAY' K-POP GROUP IS THRIVG WH RECENT SOLO TRACK 'ADRENALINE'
South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.
But they don’t want gay idols be open about their sexualy.