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Contents:

• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• GAY PRI IS FALLY BEG ACCEPTED IN KOREA THANKS TO THE CELEBRI
• GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS
• GAY KOREAN CELEBRY ‘MARRI’ PARTNER
• GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER
• SOUTH KOREAN GAY UPLE SE URT W AS BREAKTHROUGH FOR EQUALY
• SOUTH KOREAN URT GRANTS GAY UPLE HEALTH BENEFS LANDMARK LG

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

GAY PRI IS FALLY BEG ACCEPTED IN KOREA THANKS TO THE CELEBRI

Holland, also known as Go Tae-seob, is K-pop's first openly gay idol. K-pop’s LGBT star Holland: 10 facts about South Korea’s first openly gay idol, born Go Tae-seob – om Neverland’s R-rated mic vio to what his parents really thk.

He stans BTS and One Directn’s Harry Styl, wants to work wh Sia, and ma iends wh Red Velvet’s Yeri after they -starred a Burberry mpaign – but Holland said no to entertament agenci and ma his but penntly Published: 10:00am, 16 Oct, 2020 Updated: 10:00am, 16 Oct, 2020 Holland, also known as Go Tae-seob, is K-pop's first openly gay idol. 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.

GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS

There, homosexual sex is not banned, but is illegal the ary, where almost all men mt plete a stt of pulsory nscriptn. “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. 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. 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. But when me time to but, the label was agast him butg as a gay idol. “It’s a shame that’s the lim they n go when to showg homosexual teractn – n only be portrayed as funny.

GAY KOREAN CELEBRY ‘MARRI’ PARTNER

After Hong me out publicly as gay 2000, he was fired om his hostg job and lost other work – and thor Kwon believ that harsh rponse has disuraged others om followg su. Holland thks thgs are changg: more artists appear to be ditg that they are alli of the gay muny. In the absence of nfirmatn, mentators have ed small, clive clu to speculate on their stance, for example, the time the band’s lear RM tweeted Macklemore’s song “Same Love, ” which promot equal rights for gay people.

But ultimately, experts believe a time when gay stars are accepted mastream K-pop uld still be some way off. Even if we might thk ’s a safer place for people to be who they are, Korea is a place where homosexualy is not openly talked about and remas a social stigma and a taboo to talk about public. Holland is known to be the first gay K-Pop idol.

GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER

Maman is also known as Magoply, who happens the be the first openly gay K-Pop idol.

More monly known as Hong Seok-Cheon me out as a gay celebry back 2000 and created a massive ntroversy his home untry, Korea. He has openly spoken about his stggl as a gay actor and how he was fired bee of his sexualy. Relatnships are hard enough for boy bands, but they me out as a gay, same-sex uple, and have also been datg sce years of but.

SOUTH KOREAN GAY UPLE SE URT W AS BREAKTHROUGH FOR EQUALY

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.

“Merry Queer” -host Hong Seok-cheon—one of the most proment openly gay celebri South Korea—spoke to TIME along wh the shows' producer Lim Chang-hyuck and “His Man” st member Lee Jeong-ho on what the shows mean for queer reprentatn. The mil The Pri and s dited st are helpg to pave they way for the acceptance of gay people Korea. Korean media tends to shy away om the topic of homosexualy, and the ncept of an LGBTQ muny is que foreign, but the mil The Pri is aimg to change all that.

SOUTH KOREAN URT GRANTS GAY UPLE HEALTH BENEFS LANDMARK LG

The Pri, wrten by Alexi Kaye Campbell 2008, tails the story of two parallel love stori between two gay men, Philip and Oliver, 1958 and another gay uple wh the same nam 2008.

In London 2017, gays are livg eely and openly. ” — Director Kim Dong Yeon He further explaed that The Pri don’t aim only to portray the many stggl that gay people endure, but also to te the dience as to how to go about acceptg their differenc by listeng to their stori and growg wh them. In 2000, Hong S Chun was the first celebry to e out as gay but was shamed and banished om the entertament dtry.

In 2010, he me back wh a show lled “Comg Out” that aimed to help other gay men e out to their loved on. From then on, Korea’s stance on homosexualy has slowly been advancg to bee more acceptg, as more and more people are learng to bee more empathetic. South Korean sger Kwon Do Woon has e out as gay, makg him the first male Korean celebry to do so 20 years.