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.
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GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA
The foundatn is lked wh the Christian broadster CTS, which has volly opposed homosexualy and the pri ftival, acrdg to Rters. Homophobia is rife South Korea, where there is no prehensive anti-discrimatn laws to protect LGBTQ people. Sce both groups refed to change their dat, the ernment left the cisn to a civic mtee, which chose on Wednday to grant the venue to the ncert, held by the CTS Cultural foundatn is lked wh the Christian broadster CTS, which has volly opposed homosexualy and the pri ftival, acrdg to makg s cisn, the civic mtee prrized events related to children or teenagers, or those that have other value the "public tert, " the cy ernment statement SQCF anizers and supporters have acced the mtee of discrimatn, potg to siar difficulti securg the space prev years.
(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.