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NORTH KOREA’S ‘ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR’ FDS LOVE

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Image source, Oh HwanJang Yeong-j's remarkable story as North Korea's only openly gay fector was vered by the ternatnal media after he published his tobgraphy. Medil tts "There is no ncept of homosexualy North Korea, " he says. Park Jeong-Won, a law profsor at Seoul's Kookm Universy, says that he is not aware of any explic North Korean law agast gay and lbian relatnships.

But he adds that the state's laws agast extramaral relatns and breachg social mor would probably be -opted to prosecutg any gay sexual act. "When I asked them about homosexualy, they didn't tch on quickly so I had to expla to every sgle person, " Kim, profsor of North Korean Studi at Ewha Women's Universy, says. He turned the page to disver an article about gay men g out, wh a scene om an Amerin film showg two men kissg source, Chosun-ilboImage ptn, Jang's risky fectn route ma headl the SouthFally dawned on Jang that he, too, was gay.

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"The revelatn transformed Jang's life, and he beme a regular at Seoul's gay bars. "I heard that there are many gay bars there.

By North Korean standards Jang Yeong-j had a normal start life: he joed the ary at 19, pleted 10 years of natnal service and married soon trapped his untry, which he has lled “one huge prison whout bars”, problems wh his marriage led him to fect to South was only when he crossed the borr and spent time a more open society did bee clear to him that he was homosexual, somethg he had never prevly had a name for. The 55-year-old is now the only openly gay North Korean fector livg the South.

“I didn’t know until after I arrived here that I was a gay, or even what homosexualy was.

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Turns out the U.S. isn't the only natn stgglg wh same-sex marriage right now. North Korean lear "Kim Jong Un" announced on "Saturday Night Live" that he's liftg the gay marriage ban his untry -- bee his (executed) nephew was gay. * kim jong un gay *

”Speakg to the European Alliance for Human Rights North Korea, Jang explas that although he is ee of the DPRK regime, life as an openly gay fector remas a explas that men and women are often segregated for long perds of time North Korea. Photograph: ChaFotoPrs/ChaFotoPrs via Getty ImagWhat did you know about homosexualy growg up North Korea?

I nsired my homosexualy as a pathologil ndn.. But [] is a tragedy to live whout knowg that you are ’s life like for gay people North Korea?

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"In fact, is ridiculo for such gay to sponsor alg wh others' human rights issue." * kim jong un gay *

As there is no ncept of homosexualy, there is no awarens of the issue. This isn’t to say that all the men are gay, but rather, they are tied by a special raship.

Michael Kirby, thor of a UN report to human rights the DPRK, is an openly gay man.

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After the publitn of his report, the Korean Central News Agency published an article that ntaed many homophobic slurs aimed at him.

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Sony cut 10-mute Kim Jong-un gay y scene om 'The Interview' before releasg to theaters Gay-sex scene pictg North Korean lear Kim Jong-Un was clud the film's leaked script, but did not appear film released last weekSony staffers also say North Korean ary signia was removed om soldiers uniforms the film The movie grossed jt $1ln on openg day Updated: 18:08 BST, 29 December 2014. Sony producers censored The Interview when they released the ntroversial movie last week, edg out at least on racy scene pictg North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un participatg a gay y. Scroll down for terview Racy: A ten-mute gay y scene was eded out of the versn of The Interview which was released last week.

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But the most ntroversial and wi-sweepg ed was the removal of a 10-mute scene pictg the aftermath of a gay y between Kim Jong-un (played by Korean-Amerin actor Randall Park) and the televisn prenter Dave Skylark played by Fran. A nservative rad host and the print of the Southern Baptist Conventn suggted recently that support of same-sex marriage and gay rights uld be lked to North Korea's most recent threats agast the Uned Stat. Uld be nnected to the most recent bate on same-sex marriage and the Boy Suts' possible cln of gay members, acrdg to Right Wg Watch.

I would not be surprised that at the time when we are batg same-sex marriage, at a time when we are batg whether or not we should have gays leadg the Boy Sut movement, I don’t thk ’s jt a cince that we have a mad man Asia who is sayg some of the thgs that he’s June, Luter was elected the first Ain-Amerin print of the Southern Baptist Conventn, the natn’s largt Prottant group, the Washgton Post reported. However, he did claim he had love for the gay muny.

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"God has specifilly spoken about marriage, " he told CNN after his electn, nyg any possibily he would fight for gay rights his new posn.

All of love everybody, cludg those the gay muny, " he went on to say.

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"Ltle is known about North Korea's stance on gay rights. " As many as 200, 000 people are currently imprisoned labor mps the You GoGay Pri Around The World Popular the CommunyYou May Like. Probably the bt-known is The Case Agast 8, about the legal fight for gay marriage California.

SNL: Kim Jong Un Lifts North Koreas Gay Marriage BanNBCTurns out the U. North Korean lear "Kim Jong Un" announced on "Saturday Night Live" that he's liftg the gay marriage ban his untry -- bee his (executed) nephew was gay.

Mostly bee of the experienc of a nephew that happens to be gay.

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"The nephew was executed, Kim said, "but not bee he was gay" -- rather, was bee of the weekly book group he had been hostg at his sisted he has "no personal stake" the issue whatsoever, bee he's "as heterosexual as a person n be. A North Korean state news agency has lashed out at the Uned Natns' recent report to human rights the Herm Kgdom – by g homophobic sults agast the man who led the vtigatn. "It then clud two paragraphs that took aim at Kirby, an openly gay man, personally:As for Kirby who took the lead okg the "report", he is a disgtg old lecher wh a 40-odd-year-long reer of homosexualy.

He is now over seventy, but he is still anx to get married to his homosexual practice n never be found the DPRK boastg of the sound mentaly and good morals, and homosexualy has bee a target of public cricism even Wtern untri, too. In fact, is ridiculo for such gay to sponsor alg wh others' human rights full article n be found on the KCNA Web se.

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