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

Contents:

• KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE
• KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE
• KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]
• THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY

KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE

Okay, before you attack me an ll me a fujoshi or gay digger jt know that I am both bisexual and a very logil person. Even if someone has not realized they are gay yet, they may still feel some pull towards this liftyle and say “I thk beg an idol is my llg” bee the liftyle seems so sirable to them.

Take someone of a genr mory om a homophobic and transphobic untry and give them a job where they n drs feme, exprs themselv eely, and wear cloth/ do thgs that n be exced as normal idol stuff. It n even be said that 1/10 people are gay or bi. In ncln: I don’t thk everyone every Kpop group is gay/ bi/ lbian.

This “Oppa would never be gay” mdset among Kpop fans is directly creatg a toxic environment for both idols and fans.

KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE

On the other hand we shouldn’t assume idols are gay eher, bee what we see is still fabrited.

There are reasons why there aren’t a lot of openly gay idols.

Two sirs nfirmed that gay idols are more mon than expected.

KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]

| For their Dark Sis Of K-Pop segment, former Blady member Co and traee-turned-lyricist Ga Maeng were asked how Korean pani view same-sex relatnships and gay idols. Dpe idols not talkg about their sexualy, there are que a few who are gay. In a society where celebri receive backlash for g out as gay, mak sense why K-Pop idols who are part of the LGBT muny want to protect themselv.

Maman Maman, who origally buted 2007 unr the stage name Magoply, is K-Pop first openly gay idol.

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.

THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?

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. 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.

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