(New York, Augt 4, 2017) – South Korea’s Supreme Court has orred the ernment to allow a lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights foundatn to legally register as a chary, endg three years of the foundatn’s lears facg discrimatory rejectn om multiple ernment agenci. The judgment affirms South Korea’s obligatns to rpect eedom of assembly for all s cizens, Human Rights Watch said.
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- GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'
- SOUTH KOREA’S SUPREME COURT ISSU LANDMARK RULG ON GAY SEX
GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'
” One petn sent to the Mistry of Jtice prophied, whout any evince, that “homosexuals will try to sce everyone” if the bill were to bee law. ” In May, a top adviser to Print Yoon said “homosexualy n be treated, ” like a smokg hab (he later rigned). Prottant Pastor Yonah Lee, a stnch supporter of Yoon’s polici, is often lled this untry’s facto “ex-gay” spokperson.
” Pastor Yonah Lee, center, leads an "ex-gay" march LifePastor Lee acknowledged that discrimatn agast LGBTQ dividuals is “wrong, ” but he argued that the Bible “nmns homosexualy” and baselsly claimed that an anti-discrimatn law that explicly protects LGBTQ people would “force church to close. (Seoul) – Young lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people South Korea experience isolatn and mistreatment schools, Human Rights Watch and the Allard K. Many of the stunts said that they felt alone when they realized they were lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr, and did not know where they uld turn for rmatn and support when they had qutns or were experiencg mistreatment school.
A 22-year-old lbian woman relled that once her sexual orientatn beme known at her sendary school, she was sgled out for harassment and “the olr stunts cricized me sayg: ‘You are homosexual, you’re dirty. A 17-year-old girl relled a classmate sayg that homosexuals should die. The evangelil Christian newspaper Km Ilbo published an article headled “Confirmed ronavis patient viss gay club, ” disclosg the patient’s rince and workplace.
SOUTH KOREA’S SUPREME COURT ISSU LANDMARK RULG ON GAY SEX
The story quickly circulated across Korean news and social media, givg rise to an outpourg of homophobia. Read more: Homophobia Is Not an Asian Value “People need to fd a spegoat to displace the fear of a novel disease, ” says Hong Seok-cheon, an actor turned rtratr and the first celebry South Korea to e out as gay.
But when you search, there are lots of lbian and gay vios, but not much on inti bis those. Dpe the growg social acceptance of sexual mori South Korea, a bill that would prevent discrimatn agast gay, lbian and transgenr people is beg blocked the Natnal Assembly, s after such a measure was first troduced.