Seoul, South Korea (AP) -- Thoands of gay rights supporters marched unr heavy police guard the South Korean pal on Saturday as they celebrated the cy’s first major Pri para three years after a COVID-19 hiat.
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- SOUTH KOREAN GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE 1ST PRI PARA SEOUL 3 YEARS
- GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA
- A SHOWDOWN LOOMS AT SOUTH KOREA'S GAY PRI PARA
- GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024
SOUTH KOREAN GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE 1ST PRI PARA SEOUL 3 YEARS
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(Vio: Ta Hsu)SEOUL — Thoands of revelers gathered Saturday for the South Korean pal’s Pri celebratn, wavg rabow banners and paradg through the streets spe the sultry monsoon heat, energized by the cy’s cisn to ny the event a perm for the e of a proment lively mood was stark ntrast to the relatively muted prence of nservative protters, who years past have surround the plaza near Cy Hall, stg a shadow over the Pri celebratns wh homophobic slogans blarg through loudspeakers.
The Uned Stat, on the other hand, had a historic surge bills targetg transgenr socially nservative South Korea, homosexualy remas taboo, and same-sex unns are not legally regnized. Seoul’s nservative mayor, Oh Se-hoon, has exprsed opposn to homosexualy, sayg he “nnot approve” of .
”Kwon BadaAt the end of 2021, when vid rtrictns were still stg a haze over Seoul’s nightlife, Kwon Bada opened what he scrib as a “straight-iendly gay bar.
GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA
Thoands of gay rights supporters are celebratg unr heavy police guard the South Korean pal's first major Pri para three years after a COVID-19 hiat. * gay pride seoul *
Kockiri quickly beme a fixture of the cy’s gay nightlife scene, wh gay people brgg their straight iends and lbian patrons thankg him for creatg such a June, the bar hosted a “Marriage For All Party, ” where the hoe mic psed as the lawmaker who troduced South Korea’s first same-sex marriage bill gave a said that while his role may not be that of an activist, he ntribut by providg muny and boostg others: “I do what I n do.
“The moment I opened myself up to the world, the world also opened up to me, ” she relative safety she experienc South Korea, she said, om the lack of visibily for transgenr people, and more broadly the LGBTQ+ muny, whout s own Stonewall, she said, “we’re a time where thgs are surfacg, ” such as a landmark lg this year by a South Korean urt orrg the natnal health surer to provi spoal verage for gay upl.
Conservative groups had protted agast Goldberg’s appotment, cricizg him for “homosexual cultural imperialism.
A SHOWDOWN LOOMS AT SOUTH KOREA'S GAY PRI PARA
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I hope more people, cludg those the other area [anti-gay protts], will jo and hang out together, brgg harmony to this ftival.
GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024
I was sred on the way here bee the anti-gay protters were watchg wh their ey wi open. There’s always been tensn [between the participants and the anti-gay protters]. I’m openly gay but those the closet probably thk there aren’t any other LGBTQ people around, while fact, there are lots of .
Rabow Actn, a aln of sexual mory groups South Korea, acced Seoul Cy of “aligng wh homophobia and discrimatn” by allowg a Christian group to “block our gatherg. ”Tens of thoands of pri participants have gathered at Seoul Plaza ont of the South Korean pal’s Cy Hall every year sce 2014, except for a two-year hiat 2020 and 2021 due to the vid-19 LGBTQ rights rema a ntent issue South Korea, amid entrenched genr norms and domant social year, about 15, 000 unterprotters backed by Christian and socially nservative groups rallied agast the Pri event, which had tens of thoands of participants, yellg homophobic slogans through loudspeakers to the rabow-filled Seoul Plaza.