K-pop: Why 's hard for stars to be gay South Korea | CNN

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• FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY

FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY

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. HOLLAND’s “Neverland” This was the but song of the first openly gay K-Pop idol – a te in. BESTIE’s “Exce Me” At one pot the vio, a girl asks a guy for his number – but he turns out to be gay.

Nell’s “The Day Before” This song addrs the heavy relatn between homosexualy and suici. K-pop’s first openly gay sger Holland has recently revealed that he has a boyiend whom he wants to marry durg a livtream wh his fans.

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

Holland beme the first openly gay K-pop idol South Korea after makg his but January 2018 wh the sgle “Neverland. 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. 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.