Netizens are raisg ncerns about Korea's nservatism and K-Pop's hypocrisy of queerbag followg the homophobic attack agast gay idol HOLLAND.
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- 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
- FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND SAYS HE WAS ATTACKED ITAEWON, LLED ‘A DIRTY GAY’
- THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
- ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
It’s no secret that beg openly LGBTQ+ the K-pop world is difficult, but the stars enuraged the muny wh their posive msag – and even hope to help pneer gay rights * k pop idol gay *
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.
Maman Maman, who origally buted 2007 unr the stage name Magoply, is K-Pop first openly gay idol.
FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY
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. Holland, whose real name is Go Tae-seob, opened up about his personal life durg a livtream event on March 24, revealg that he is now seeg someone after beg asked multiple tim by fans. Holland did not go to tails about his boyiend’s inty; however, he did reveal that his new be is not an idol, actor or someone om his dtry. * k pop idol gay *
Shortly after butg, Maman me out as gay an terview.
Holland Holland is well-known as the media’s first openly gay K-Pop idol.
FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND SAYS HE WAS ATTACKED ITAEWON, LLED ‘A DIRTY GAY’
K-pop star Holland said he was attacked and lled "a dirty gay" while walkg around the cy district of Itaewon Seoul wh his manager and a iend on Wednday night. Last night, I was walkg around Itaewon wh my manager and a iend. Sudnly, a stranger man approached me and h me on the face twice, llg me ‘a dirty gay’. * k pop idol gay *
He has been openly gay sce 2015 and buted 2018.
Though his gay Korean iends told him would be better to stay the closet, he chose to e out as a way to be his te self. 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.
THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
Send-gen star Crayon Pop's Way and former BLANC7's Shwoo reveal whether there are really a lot of gay idols the K-Pop dtry. * k pop idol 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.
“On the one hand looks like the dtry is very open md to shippg culture, ” she told CNN, referrg to the culture among fans of imagg relatnships between their favore stars – cludg gay relatnships. Acrdg to Kwon, fans were spired by “yaoi” – a kd of Japane manga that featur gay relatnships between male upl – and began makg up stori about their favore stars.
ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
LGBTQ+ issu might still be wily regard as taboo South Korea, but that didn’t stop the 8 gay, bisexual, transgenr and asexual idols om gog public wh their inti * k pop idol gay *
Even now, K-pop labels sometim cultivate idols’ homoerotic appeal the hop that mak them more popular fanfictn, where Kwon timat 80% of stori volve gay story l.
South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay. But they don’t want gay idols be open about their sexualy.