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
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.
KPOP IDOLS AREN'T THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS YOU THK THEY ARE
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. On the other hand we shouldn’t assume idols are gay eher, bee what we see is still fabrited.
KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]
There are reasons why there aren’t a lot of openly gay idols. Two sirs nfirmed that gay idols are more mon than expected. | 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.
THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
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.
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.
However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency. This is somethg that me to md while scrollg down on tiktok, long story short there is this particular Kpop stan wh over 40K followers who's ntent is basilly them assumg and forcg LGBT+ narrativ on Kpop idols a very vasive way, many people have actually spoken agast them only to be dismissed bee of beg 'homophobic' or end up blocked and this person is ually supported by young LGBT+ fans and shippers. I'll take their most ntroversial vio as an example so you guys n unrstand what I mean, recently Jhope and Jo Kwon took a picture together and this person cid to make a tiktok out of basilly outg JHope sayg thgs like "Jt two queers hangg out together" and then proceedg to make ments such as "I know Jhope hasn't e out but c'mon, 's obv, there are thgs that don't need to be said" which jt bs me the wrong way bee sexual orientatn is such an timate topic that you shouldn't be assumg, you simply shouldn't, no matter how someone prents themselv (bee then you might be fallg to homophobic stereotyp yourself), you simply should not be assumg.
I'm not nyg nor agreeg wh the fact that there are plenty of idols who genuely want to show support or are gay/lbian/bisexual themselv, bee at the end of the day 's not our bs to wonr about someone's sexual/romantic orientatn. Compani should really stop queerbag sce idols ass would be on fire if they ever admed to beg gay. Whatever sexualy they have, they don't plan on beg a 'gay pop in' hey, maybe one day a kpop idol will be twerkg on Satan like Lil Nax X too, lol.