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Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS SEOUL
• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL
• GAY NIGHTLIFE
• GAY NIGHTLIFE SEOUL
• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL
• SEOUL GAY MAP
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS ITAEWON (SEOUL)SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ITAEWON
• ANTI-GAY BACKLASH FEARED SOUTH KOREA AFTER RONAVIS MEDIA REPORTS

THE BT GAY BARS SEOUL

From Gay and lbian bars to gay-iendly bars, here's everythg LGBT people should know.The bt gay bars SeoulIf you're new to the LGBT muny and feelg a ltle shy, don't. Come vis some of Seoul's bt gay bars, dance clubs, and pubs Seoul to drk, dance and meet people. Gay & Lbian Communy!

Special thanks to Ross, Travelg Gay, jtsurf12, spartanalum, PJack, gymtoy, Chichubby3rd, byungdohsuh, Demian71, boyboy1976, Gabrielkr, njbear1965, rayrrr, geme, cyrc_84, sglenote, KokAsianBear, themeant, FloridaBoy, bigozibear, ratte, Specter, Byungdohsuh, Graeme, Ken, Jyong, Robbie, Louis Y., John S., Charlie, and David! ITAEWON & "HOMO HILL". Seoul has hundreds of gay bars spread around a handful of neighborhoods, but most tourists bee faiar wh Itaewon, a foreigner-iendly enclave that seems to have people om every untry on the pla wanrg around, along wh many Amerin and Korean soldiers.

THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL

The gay heart of Itaewon, nicknamed "Homo Hill", has seen an explosn of foreigner-iendly, upsle gay bars, a nvenient lotn.

A gay chill-out bar the heart of Itaewon's nightlife zone. Gay-owned zy lounge bar wh panoramic view the heart of Itaewon's gay scene.

Lbian bar at the top of Homo Hill. Gay-owned OWOO is a northern European styled Nordic lounge bar. A zy and fortable place for everybody cludg gays, lbians and straights.

GAY NIGHTLIFE

Queen UTOPIA VERIFIED MAR 2018Loted on Homo Hill between Trance and Always Homme, Utopia Map793-1290, email. Large wdows look out over Homo Hill and a strip of gltery bubble chairs le the pat for good weather ont row seatg. One of the ma dance areas on Homo Hill, plete wh a stage and stripper pol.

The clientele is VERY mixed both as to orientatn (gay, lez, bi, straight, other) as well as ethnicy, wh beg the one of the most popular LGBTQ night spots for foreigners Korea. Fun gay bar.

Jongno is Seoul's biggt gay enclave, wh more than a hundred clubs and venu loted the center of Seoul the Nagwon Dong neighborhood to the north and east of Topkol Park (Inpennce Park).

GAY NIGHTLIFE SEOUL

But, Jongno is changg wh the tim and newer addns to the gay neighborhood tend to be larger, more open and more ternatnal outlook. In the eveng, the lan and alleys of this nsely packed, low-rise area, bee filled wh food tents, tipsy salarymen, and thoands of gay men gog to and om their favore havens.

But if you're alone, try some of the bars listed below where you'll be at ease wh a more ternatnal gay bar system and iendly, English-speakg staff to wele you. They n help you fd other gay bars, snas, gay cema, and jjimjilbang (cisg spac) the neighborhood. Morn, warm and zy gay cktail lounge.

THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL

Korean, English and Che languag are spoken here, so, for foreign visors, 's a good place to get updated rmatn about gay culture Korea.

This gay-iendly bar wel visors om around the world. The gentle and cute owner and his staff speak English well and are pleased to fill you on the gay scene. Mature gay Korean men.

SEOUL GAY MAP

This gay cktail and we bar has betiful, ntemporary archectural sign.

Upsle gay bar and lounge.

TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS ITAEWON (SEOUL)SEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ITAEWON

The mic is hard, ep, electro-hoe wh some Korean pop and gay club mic mixed .

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ANTI-GAY BACKLASH FEARED SOUTH KOREA AFTER RONAVIS MEDIA REPORTS

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— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. This road pass by the Lotte Cema Pidilly Theater on your way to the drkg tents of gay Jongno. Gay (foreigner) life South Korea?

Anywho, I have been an out and proud homo for about 6 years now. I've been to Taiwan before, so I know at least if I study there then there is no real expectatn for me to go back the closet, but I'm not so sure if that would be te if I cid to choose I know is a very relig untry and many (olr) Koreans are not iendly to gays.

I'm wonrg if anyone uld share their experience on beg gay (as a foreigner preferably) South Korea?

Are there other gays that are publicly out?

The district also has Homo Hill, featurg gay bars, drag shows, and gay snas.

In his early 20s, after leavg bs school to follow his ambn of beg an artist and performer, Heezy Yang was drawn to an out-of-the-way area of Seoul’s Itaewon district known as Homo Hill, a longtime haven for LGBTQ people South Korea.

Nowadays, those lights are off, the bars and nightclubs are closed and the ually buzzg streets are uncharacteristilly quiet after a ronavis clter wh more than 130 s shed unwanted attentn on the neighborhood—sparkg a surge homophobia, activists say. “You nnot be pletely ee other areas, as ee as you n be on Homo Hill, ” Yang tells TIME. One newspaper, the Km Ilbo, garnered cricism for articl that ed language pictg gay men as promiscuo and prone to risky sexual behavr.

Activists argued that the newspaper unnecsarily highlighted that the ial subject of the outbreak vtigatn had vised a gay club an effort to stir up homophobia.

Authori are now seekg a way to ntue such trackg while beg reful not to advertently disclose rmatn that uld lead to neighbors and lleagu learng an fected person vised a gay bar.