Discrimatn agast members of South Korea's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni should not be tolerated, Print Moon Jae- said Monday.
Contents:
- K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ARTIST IS FDG FAM AND FANS IN CONSERVATIVE SOUTH KOREA
- SOUTH KOREA PRINTIAL FAVOURE MOON JAE- ANTI-GAY MENT
- SOUTH KOREAN PRINTIAL HOPEFUL ACCED OF ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
- DOZENS ARRTED AS SOUTH KOREAN ARY NDUCTS ‘GAY WCH-HUNT’
- SOUTH KOREA'S PRINTIAL HOPEFUL MOON JAE IN UNR FIRE OVER ANTI-GAY MENT
- SOUTH KOREA MT END GAY SOLDIER 'WCH-HUNT', MPAIGNERS SAY
- SOUTH KOREA PRINTIAL ONT-NNERS AGREE GAYS SHOULDN'T BE ARY
K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ARTIST IS FDG FAM AND FANS IN CONSERVATIVE SOUTH KOREA
A group of South Korean gay rights activists were apprehend Wednday while stagg a prott at the Natnal Assembly agast printial ont-nner Moon Jae- over his remarks agast homosexualy. A total of 13 people were taken to police statns for vtigatn after they tried to approach Moon, mand his apology and chanted slogans while the ndidate of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea was add... * moon jae in gay rights *
A group of South Korean gay rights activists were apprehend Wednday while stagg a prott at the Natnal Assembly agast printial ont-nner Moon Jae- over his remarks agast homosexualy.
SOUTH KOREA PRINTIAL FAVOURE MOON JAE- ANTI-GAY MENT
* moon jae in gay rights *
(Yonhap)Durg a televised bate a day earlier, Moon exprsed his opposn to homosexualy and the legalizatn of when asked by ndidate Hong Joon-pyo of the far-right Liberty Korea Party. But I oppose discrimatn (agast homosexuals), ” he said.
Moon had not ma clear his stance on homosexualy earlier. ”Others were heard said, “Is homosexualy illegal?
Homosexualy is a beg! The fendants’ nduct, said, “is nsired ntrary to good sexual moraly, ” and was “serly gg” on the matenance of ary homosexualy is not illegal South Korea, remas taboo a largely nservative society. Print Moon Jae- – a former human rights lawyer – said prr to beg print that he was agast homosexualy and “did not like ” soldiers n be prosecuted.
SOUTH KOREAN PRINTIAL HOPEFUL ACCED OF ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
In 2017, article 92-6 was ed to discrimately monor and punish gay men the ary, a move human rights mpaigners at the time lled a “wch-hunt”.
There are also s of gay soldiers beg sent to psychiatric law do not differentiate between whether the act was nsensual, off-base, or off-duty. 21 (UPI) -- Discrimatn agast members of South Korea's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni should not be tolerated, Print Moon Jae- said Monday.
DOZENS ARRTED AS SOUTH KOREAN ARY NDUCTS ‘GAY WCH-HUNT’
In 2017, Moon ma ntroversial remarks durg his printial mpaign, when he said he is opposed to homosexualy. Gay marriage and other forms of legal partnership are not available.
Oh, and he happens to be gay and pletely open about .
SOUTH KOREA'S PRINTIAL HOPEFUL MOON JAE IN UNR FIRE OVER ANTI-GAY MENT
“I’m gay gay gay gay gay, n we please move on now and learn what that means? “She’s an credible, strong woman but her and my dad don't have the ntext for what means to be gay.
But South Korea, greater challeng rerced by the untry’s notor, close-md stance on homosexualy loom overhead.
SOUTH KOREA MT END GAY SOLDIER 'WCH-HUNT', MPAIGNERS SAY
I was worried that I might be typest as the rint gay artist, but at the end I was like, 'I’m gonna do me be. "My song 'Dopame' lerally has a le sayg: ‘This is for my gays, '" says Bang.
It's a worrisome suatn given precents of alleged homophobic bullyg that have led to the mise and ath of Korean celebri like Kim Ji-hoo and Jang Chae-won. He was rpondg to a qutn om a nservative printial ndidate who said gay soldiers were weakeng the ary.
Homosexualy is not a crime South Korea but the untry remas nservative and patriarchal. Many gay and transgenr people are stigmatised and a powerful Christian lobby has opposed brgg anti-discrimatn laws. Many gay people South Korea still face a lot of prejudice.
SOUTH KOREA PRINTIAL ONT-NNERS AGREE GAYS SHOULDN'T BE ARY
South Korea's ary has also been acced of huntg down and prosecutg gay servicemen. Some media scribed the nightclubs as gay clubs, settg off a wave of onle harassment and timidatn agast LGBT people. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean printial ont-nner Moon Jae- outraged persecuted sexual mory groups by sayg durg a televisn bate that he oppos homosexualy, somethg his supporters say he had to do to w office the eply nservative, a liberal ndidate and former human rights lawyer, ma the ments Tuday night while rpondg to a nservative printial ndidate who argued gay soldiers were weakeng the untry's ary.
Ahn Jung-won / APGay rights advot, some of whom who were dragged away after approachg Moon followg a speech at the Natnal Assembly Seoul on Wednday, see Moon's words as hate speech. Moon's mp didn't immediately rpond to the cricism by gay rights mori are harshly stigmatized South Korea and stggle wh polil visibily bee a powerful Christian lobby keeps policians om passg anti-discrimatn laws. Among the five ndidat who participated the bate, only Sim Sang-jung, reprentg the mor Jtice Party, openly advot gay the nservative ndidate, Hong Joon-pyo, argued that gay soldiers were weakeng the untry's ary, Moon said he agreed.
Related: Gay Soldiers Targeted by South Korean MilaryHong then asked Moon whether he opposed homosexualy, to which Moon replied, "I oppose. A watchdog has recently acced South Korea's ary of huntg down and prosecutg gay servicemen. That raised worri of more discrimatn and hate crim agast sexual later the bate said that he opposed "discrimatn based on homosexualy, " but was also agast legalizg same-sex activists (C) stggle wh secury members as they prott agast South Korean printial ontnner Moon Jae-In's anti-gay ment durg Moon's electn mpaign event at the Natnal Assembly Seoul on April 26, 2017.