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Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]
- HOSHI DATG SNDAL: RELATNSHIP WH ACTOR LEE SOO HY- GAY RUMORS
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
* kpop gay scandal *
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. 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.
KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]
Fans speculate that Hoshi and Lee Soo Hy are datg each other as they are a gay relatnship. Is te? * kpop gay scandal *
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.
HOSHI DATG SNDAL: RELATNSHIP WH ACTOR LEE SOO HY- GAY RUMORS
South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
But they don’t want gay idols be open about their sexualy.