K-pop: Why 's hard for stars to be gay South Korea | CNN

Contents:

• 5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE
• GAY KOREAN CELEBRI – K-POP SGER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY 20 YEARS
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
• THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA

5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS

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.

So seeg actors portray a gay character media is still volatile ground. Their groundbreakg rol as gay characters stirred global nversatns onto the laps of avid K-drama fans. Korean Actors as Gay K-Drama Characters.

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

Tae-sun later reveals to Oska that he is gay. Former sger, performer, and actor, Lee Ho-dong or better known as Hoya was the first few actors who played a gay character across Korean televisn. Later on the seri, he harbors the secret that he is gay and is secretly love wh Yoo-jae.

At the end of the seri, Oh-je nfs to his bt iend that he is gay which be the highlight of the entire seri!

The moment he nfs that he was gay was tly the plot-twist we didn’t expect for. gay characters kdrama. What is like to be gay South Korea?

HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE

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.

“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.

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

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. 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.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’

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. Hello guys~ Nana here:relaxed::fire: LONG POST:fire: Today i was thkg que a lot about the LGBT muny Korea and celebri who are secretly homosexual, so i cid to make this blog and discs a ltle b about . (Sce im not Korean and i dont live Korea i n only get my sourc om Korean youtubers or generally ter)Homosexualy Korea:Some of you probably thk that homosexualy Korea is jt as mon as other plac (like US) but the tth is kda first, homosexualy was a "taboo" word Korea but now more people accept .

Even when Koreans had their Gay Para, i've seen on a vio that many elrs sat the middle of the street prayg and stopped the whole gay Korea is actually really hard (and way harr than any other untry) bee i've read many s where gay people's parents stopped talkg to their children or even kicked them out.

THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA

And that place is lled 'Homo Hill', where there are shops, rtrants, clubs, pubs, hotels etc. I suggt you watchg the two vios by the way:Are you GAY? (Street Interview)Korean girls react to Gay marriage #동성결혼에 대한 한국여자 반응CELEBRITIES:Hong Seok Cheon::heartpulse::cherry_blossom::heartpulse::cherry_blossom::heartpulse: Hong Seok Cheon(now Tony Hong) is nsired to be THE role mol for so many LBGT people Korean and he has so so many iends who are famo korean reason is bee he is THE FIRST Korean celebry to e out of the closet ever!

Back when he ed to be a edian(2000), he nfsed that he is gay on TV, and even if the edors tried to take out, Seok Cheon didn't back away. Kim Ji Hoo:Now this is a sad Ji Ho, a year after he buted as a mol, nfsed that he is gay on a realy show lled "Comg Out" (Tony Hong was the host by the way) his nfsn he received so many mean ments on his webpage, all of his appearanc on shows were ncelled and his pany nied to renew his ntract.

Amber: Breakg The StereotypIm not sayg that Amber is gay or anythg, of urse not! I mean, almost all of the tv shows, you will see a variety of cute gam between two guys or two girls, almost kissg or huggg or whisperg sweet thgs to each let me ask you you believe that there is a slight chance for ANY Korean TV show to allow cute skship between real homosexual celebri?