K-Pop's First Openly Gay Artist Is Fdg Fam And Fans In Conservative South Korea

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. (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 KOREA PRINTIAL FAVOURE MOON JAE- ANTI-GAY MENT

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.

SOUTH KOREAN PRINTIAL HOPEFUL ACCED OF ANTI-GAY COMMENTS

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 .

DOZENS ARRTED AS SOUTH KOREAN ARY NDUCTS ‘GAY WCH-HUNT’

“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.

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.

SOUTH KOREA'S PRINTIAL HOPEFUL MOON JAE IN UNR FIRE OVER ANTI-GAY MENT

"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.

SOUTH KOREA MT END GAY SOLDIER 'WCH-HUNT', MPAIGNERS SAY

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.

SOUTH KOREA PRINTIAL ONT-NNERS AGREE GAYS SHOULDN'T BE ARY

Many gay people South Korea still face a lot of prejudice.