Are LGBT K-dramas jt queerbag? Shows like Netflix’s Vcenzo and Me are featurg more gay characters but South Korea’s showbiz still has a way to go | South Cha Morng Post

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Yoshaka Me is a gay character om Yakuza 3. Is he really gay for Daigo? Not that bothers me, but everythg I read about him kda sounds like he has a huge csh on Daigo, TV Trop even lls him "straight gay" so yea.

Why Me's gayns is actually extremely important to his character. Don't that still equate to him beg gay bee he's dated dozens of women (per RGGO) and didn't love them but immediately fell love wh a man on their third meetg (also per RGGO) lolLike...

But he's jt gay. Sce most gay men Japan are closeted, cludg Me himself, 's not that far-fetched to say he's jt never been pursued (even platonilly) before Daigo.

There is a reason for we fet the credibly homoerotic endg to Me's fight and the fact he's to fns and bodybuildg the ntext of a culture where bodybuilrs aren't attractive to most women but are attractive to gay men. Seri like yakuza but for gay people.

Now I'm not sayg yakuza isn't for gay people I'm specifilly statg that while I really love this seri 's.. Not so great 's treatment of gay characters, women, trans people etc. I really love this seri but I don't like that a majory of the homoerotic unrton themselv are ually add jokgly or to be somethg thought of as silly.

I love this seri to ath but I'm not fond of the fact that the one potentially nonil and ser gay character immediately did a triple Ldy fuckg flip off a roof after openg up about how he felt. But as i know Japan isnt the bt place for lgbt people, ive even read that one of the actors om the gam had to qu the buisns bee he was aaid that some sndal he was would brg his homosexualy to spotlight.

Also ive read that some of the producers claimed Yakuza to be "powefantasy for men" and i totally agree, there are so many handsome men lol and seems this seri mt be really popular the gay muny sce 99% of le34 arts ive seen are yaoi (yeah i ve checked that too, guilty! How many of you like ACTUALLY ship kazumaji and thk they're gay etc. There's been a uple of kazumaji posts over the last week(s) and I noticed there's a hand full of arguments the ments, ually between people makg gay mem/headnons and people who don't like the gay mem or the ia of the characters beg gay.

I want to see how many of you guys like genuely believe they're gay outsi of mem. He's gay. But most Amerins don’t realize that the roots of Japane homophobia distctly differ om those of Amerin homophobia.

While Amerin homophobia is often based on relig beliefs, outdated genr ncepts, and fearful revulsn about queer sex, Japane homophobia equently stems om soccultural prsure to get married and have kids who’ll help re for parents and grandparents their old age. Dpe this, a 2013 study by the Pew Rearch Center showed that 54 percent of Japane cizens believe that homosexualy should be socially accepted. Japane activists tell LGBTQ Natn that the fight for queer rights natnwi has stalled out part bee LGBTQ anizatns are hant to partner wh gay bars.

Sadly, as long as “legimate” activists Japan are reluctant to partner wh the vibrant nightlife muny whose passns and dollars align wh their social goals, tradnal Japane homophobia will ntue preventg queers om reachg their full potential and rights the Land of the Risg Sun. Jun Oda is a gay character om Yakuza 0.

Pleasure Kg is a gay character om Yakuza 0. Shows like Netflix’s Vcenzo and Me are featurg more gay characters but South Korea’s showbiz still has a way to goIn South Korea, beg homosexual might not be illegal, but acceptance is still a long way away the nservative untry – and this is largely reflected the entertament we talk about LGBTQ+ reprentatn Korean pop culture, films have fared way better than the small screen. This versn omted the ccial lyrics, “No matter gay, straight or bi, lbian, transgenr life”, drawg accatns of LGBTQ+ censorship is not unmon South Korea, pecially when to LGBTQ+ characters.

In 2010, a romantic vow between two male characters Life is Betiful – regard as Korea’s first drama to feature a gay uple – was censored after the church where the scene was filmed filed a plat wh SBS. The show’s progrsive take on gay relatnships also angered the public. A natnal mothers’ group ran a discrimatory newspaper advertisement that said, “When my son be gay and is flicted wh Aids watchg Life is Betiful, SBS should take the blame, ” acrdg to Korea JoongAng Daily.

“A thedral is a place where even a murrer n fd sanctuary – but I gus gays n’t.