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• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL
• GAY SOUTH KOREA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY BARS SOUTH KOREA YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
• GAY LIFE SOUTH KOREA
• HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE
• GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• THE BEST SOUTH KOREA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SOUTH KOREA

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Mostly hidn clubs and bars, pigeon-holed off to late dancg or drkg wh iends and stashed far om fay bs, gay Koreans live wh a very strong heterosexual tradn that clus more than jt the expectatns of takg a spoe.

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From fluorcent donut shops to the sleazy dim trigue of massage parlors sportg red velvet sofas, the noisy and trendy straight diss, div and fast food jots offers enough distractn and amement to mask a dozen gay bars and diss.

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Itaewon is also home to other gay venu such as Zipper (s possible to fall down the stairs bee the lightg is poor), Out Class (quiet, good for chattg), Trance (drag show on weekends), Why Not? On Augt 4, 2000, the ‘Korea Herald’ newspaper reported a ntroversial new arrival Seoul: “The first show of s kd ever staged notorly homophobic Korea, the Hahahoho Show featur an all-gay st of ne homosexuals and ne transsexuals.

Some abhorred the immoraly threateng tradnal valu while others wanted him to stand up and be proud, seeg him as wrg a new page Korea’s long reprsed attus about sexualy, pecially gay rights.

HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE

Sce began 1998, this non-petive, non-mercial biennial event–whose ma goal is to change Korea’s homophobic attus–has had a great impact on Korean dienc who were prevly left the dark about the subject.

GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'

The ftival was reported the Korean Herald of Augt 4, 2000: “Among the most notable movi on the 2000 program are “Boys Don’t Cry” (1999), the te story of a girl who pass herself off as a boy; “The World’s Happit Gay Couple, ” an animated work that won nsirable attentn and praise at the 2000 Puchon Internatnal Film Ftival; and “Queer as Folk, ” the popular Brish TV drama on gay youths. “As far for the specific program, the event was divid to five major tegori: “Gay Boys go to the Theater/Gay Girls go to the Theater”; “Lbian, Gay, Transgenr Documentary, ” the short film sectn; miscellaneo; and the Korean film segment… The Korean film sectn was a ftival highlight as anizers poted out the latent homosexualy some of Korea’s most reprentative films. The power of the Inter’s technology, the sire for Saturday night entertament, urageo and betiful crossdrsers, the impact of a TV personaly, a fiant film ftival and the quiet validatn of support groups–no one of the will break the prejudice of Korea’s anti-gay nce.

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

“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. 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 .

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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. (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! 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.