North Korea's only openly gay fector: ''s a weird life' | North Korea | The Guardian

Contents:

• GAY LIFE NORTH KOREA
• GAY SEOUL
• NORTH KOREA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR: ''S A WEIRD LIFE'
• GAY SOUTH KOREA

GAY LIFE NORTH KOREA

Somethg About the Gay Suatn North Korea? A rear recently wrote: I’d like to know somethg about the gay suatn North Korea. GlobalGayz rponse:.

GAY SEOUL

There is such fear and secrecy about many aspects of North Korea that is difficult to fd anythg reliable about everyday life there–and doubly so about homosexualy. It is not discsed public and ’s a likely assumptn that almost all gay or lbian people are ndned or erced to marriage and they live that way whout ever unrstandg their nflicted feelgs. Even for someone wh a b of knowledge about human behavr the official view is that homosexualy is an aberratn that exists only a palist society.

I am sure there is homosexual activy some plac but the would be impossible for an outsir to fd. Sce sexual sire and longg are felt people of all cultur I would also gus there are some very secret plac where anonymo homo sex happens, but probably very hidn and very quickly. A send reference is a blog summary about an ped NK man who had no ia how to unrstand his homosexual feelgs until he got to South Korea and was exposed to rmatn and the eedom to act on his feelgs.

NORTH KOREA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR: ''S A WEIRD LIFE'

Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights North Korea have never been the subject of any known polil movement or legislatn.

North Korean society is nservative wh regard to sexual matters general, and media portrayals of homosexualy typilly associate wh palist nce.

GAY SOUTH KOREA

While there do not appear to be any specific law agast homosexual relatnships or acts, the are viewed as filthy and beneath the digny of the Korean people.

It is unclear what the age of nsent is, if any, for homosexual activy is. As a untry that has embraced science and ratnalism, the DPRK regniz that many dividuals are born wh homosexualy as a geic tra and treats them wh due rpect. Homosexuals the DPRK have never been subject to reprsn, as many palist regim around the world.

Therefore, the DPRK rejects many characteristics of the popular gay culture the Wt, which many perceive to embrace nsumerism, classism and promiscuy. (Excerpt om a longer story about Cuba and North Korea, not about homosexualy):.