KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2] - VANBUN

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It’s no secret that beg openly LGBTQ+ the K-pop world is difficult, but the stars enuraged the muny wh their posive msag – and even hope to help pneer gay rights

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

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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. Most prompts for gay porn, meanwhile, explibly flt to people of ambiguoly LatX scent wh an unrcut hairstyle. Is that ditive of the typ of gay porn the mols were traed on?

A gay uple, as picted by Unstable Diffn. What is like to be gay South Korea? Homophobia is still rife South Korea, where very few mastream mic stars have e out as gay.

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For So Sung- and Kim Yong-m, who last week won a landmark Seoul urt lg on natnal health verage for gay upl, the ti may fally be turng their years-long stggle for equal regnn South Korea for LGBT partnerships. * gay couple in kpop *

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.

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“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. 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.

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“It’s a shame that’s the lim they n go when to showg homosexual teractn – n only be portrayed as funny.

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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. 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.

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But ultimately, experts believe a time when gay stars are accepted mastream K-pop uld still be some way off. It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch.

To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said. Well, isn't a surprised if there is some gay uple Korean entertament dtry, nsistg 4, 587 registered sgers and 15, 423 actors/actrs (acrdg to Natnal Tax service of South Korea). P, Sngho and, admted to beg a gay uple while dog a live on Instagram.

Certaly 2016, there has been a lot of gay mors pops up and out. So let's discs about several gay mor that has been floated around 2016:. Beg outed as gay will surely endg a reer for almost everyone.

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