Daily Xtra Travel - Your Comprehensive Gui to Gay Travel Seoul

Contents:

• SEOUL GAY SNAS
• GAY SEOUL SEOUL CY GUI
• GAY SEOUL
• GAY SCENE SEOUL? - SEOUL FOM
• GAY JONGNO: HIDN PLA SIGHT

SEOUL GAY SNAS

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Gay jjimjilbang about 300m om Ex 8 of the Shchon Statn, Le 2 (NOT SchEon Statn). Gay men's cisg space wh PC area, large DVD room, dark room, private room and lounge.

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GAY SEOUL SEOUL CY GUI

Gay Seoul Seoul Cy GuiSouth Korea’s pal cy of Seoul is both fiercely morn and uniquely old school.

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Down the street, the home-grown Lotte Hotel Seoul Executive Tower boasts 5-star opulence signed by no ls than four world-leadg sign ameni abound Seoul’s top hotels, for sight to the foundatns of tradnal Korean livg, you’ll want to experience life at Rak Ko Jae, a quat 130-year-old gut hoe wh Bchon Village, entirely ma om wood and stone, featurg a mud sna, fay vib and home oked Korean, Long Chim KcheniRemend hotels Gay Seoul - SeoulSpecial SelectnExclive Mr Hudson offersExplore more. How do the gay bars/clubs on 'Homo Hill' differ om the lol gay scene other areas like Jongno?

GAY SEOUL

Supposedly the gay scene Itaewon is younger and more "clubby", while the olr gay people who jt want to hang out and drk go to Jongno. Haton hotel is popular amongst gay patrons, they have a sna which is cisy as well. From a personal experience, where do you guys remend a gay uple to stay Seoul?

This is not yet Bangkok or Taipei for gay nightlife, but certaly 's a place you will not regret puttg on your statn map. But evangelil Christians still burn Buddhist templ, and abhor the creasg visibily of gay people.

Acts such as sodomy, or oral terurse were nsired unmentnable urts and other public foms, so tradnal nservative society has had nothg to say about homosexualy. Consequently is legal to be gay South Korea, but many people prefer not to e out to fay, iends or -workers.

GAY SCENE SEOUL? - SEOUL FOM

To lols don't dite gay inty, and sexually ambiguo K-pop stars have bee mega-star idols, both here and far beyond the homeland, on Youtube. Some see their style as remiscent of the flower boys, the Hwarang (화랑) of 6-9th century Silla, bands of youths selected for their bety and traed martial arts, an associatn tged wh homosexual nnotatns. Among the hundreds of gay bars this cy, those loted this foreigner-iendly queer enclave at the center of Yongsan district are the most likely to have staff and ctomers who speak English.

Jongno the central Nagwon-dong neighborhood, remas the gayt area of Seoul. Nearby alleys are led wh a multu of eveng street food tents (pojangmacha) terg to crowds of men both gay and straight, most party mo. A number of tents by ex 4 of Jongno 3 Ga (종로 3 가) near many of the gay bars, serve up anju food and cheap drks for an animated throng of gay men, late to the night.

GAY JONGNO: HIDN PLA SIGHT

TravelGayAsia onle travel gui lists gay bars, nightclubs, snas, spas, beach, shops and more, Seoul, Ban, and many other ci Asia, pl Atralia and New Zealand. The Korea Queer Film Ftival (KQFF) screens for four days July, focg on the diverse liv and sir of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals livg Korea. For a look at some other gay films of the past see the QueerKorea cema pag.

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See South Korea’s Gay March Forward, an Augt, 2014 DailyXtra article by Dave Hazzan. For some rtrant, shoppg and hotel/ guthoe suggtns see our gay Seoul maps and listgs pag. 2 bar (147 Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Itaewon), gay lols' cktail bar and rtrant.

Almaz (136-6 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), gay neighborhood warm-up cktail bar/lounge, before the clubs hangout. Always Homme (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), Homo Hill cktail bar, tourists and expats mix, younger lols; open durg the week, and late on weekends until 5am. A\V Take-C (236-1, 3F, Nagwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Itaewon), gay bar, expansive cktails menu, popular wh lol bears; visors wele.

Bar (41-1 Myo-dong, Jongno-gu, Jongno), 2nd floor gay cktail bar, mostly Korean olr guys, English-speakg staff, ee WiFi. BB (Big Brothers) Bar (10 Sa-daero 26-gil, Jongno), gay we and dive bar, cktails; ternatnal iendly mix; bears.

Bottoms Up (Usadan-ro 37, Itaewon), Tuday-Saturday gay/mixed mic/vio bar/lounge, food; big wdows overlookg Homo Hill. Club Octagon (152 Nonhyeon-dong, B1/B2, Gangnam-gu), gay-iendly mixed dance club, good sound system, pretty people, stage shows.

Glam Club (116-1 Itaewon, 2F, Yongsan), opulent, upsle gay-popular lounge, Techno/Hoe gut DJs, baret shows, Asian-spired tapas.

Gnome (50-2 Supyo-ro 22-gil, 2F; Donui-dong, Jongno), gay fe/bar, roofck views, cktails/beer/we/whiskey, snacks.

Gray Club (191 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu), big weekend unrground gay Friday/Saturday dance club, techno mic, go-go boys and stage entertament until 7am; bear events, drag shows. HOMPA by Le Queen (Itaewondong, 123-3, Yongsan), Tuday-Saturday afterhours gay dancg, mcular go-go hunks; lols/ foreign mix. Mo (111-2 Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Jongno), gay cktail bar, snack foods, mostly Korean men of mixed ag, iendly staff.

Owoo (109-1 Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, 4th fl, Jongno), Nordic-style gay bar, fé meals, mixed mostly lol crowd wh some foreigners. Oz (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), small Homo Hill gay bar next to Always Homme, mostly olr guys. Pocha ALMAZ (12 Myo-dong, 1/F, Jongno), gay soju, beer, whiskey, vodka and cktails bar, K-Pop mic, food service.

Prost Pub & Grill (116-1, Itaewon 1-dong, 1F, Yongsan), 7/365 nightly gay/mixed fe/bar, al/ lagers, crafts and drafts, w, whiskeys, cktails; noodl/pasta, burgers/sandwich, ssag/BBQ ribs, nachos; DJs. Q Bar (124-7 Itaewon, 2F, Yongsangu), 10pm-5am Friday and Saturday gay/mixed lounge, three areas, DJs, go-go dancers, performers.

Queen (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu 136-42, Itaewon), gay dance club, good-lookg crowd, K-pop and Wtern mic, special theme parti, pat bar.

Shimya Jongro (95-1 Myo-dong, Jongro), zy livg-room-style gay bar, iendly ternatnal/ English-speakg mix.

Shortb (175 Myo-dong, Jongno-gu, Jongno), ty gay bar, lounge/hoe mic, lols and foreigners mix, ee WiFi. SOHO (Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Itaewon), Homo Hill vio/dance bar, young crowd, lols and foreigners mix, theme parti, iendly staff, pat. Trance (136-42 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, B, Itaewon), Friday/Saturday gay basement bar, drag shows and other entertament.