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Contents:
- 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
- THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
- IS WONHO GAY? GET TO KNOW THE K-POP IDOL’S SEXUALY
- 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 who are 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.
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 who are 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.
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.
THIS 1ST GENERATN IDOL GROUP DISBAND BEE OF GAY INTER-RELATNS?
* k pop idol who are gay *
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.
IS WONHO GAY? GET TO KNOW THE K-POP IDOL’S SEXUALY
“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. 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. But when me time to but, the label was agast him butg as a gay idol. “It’s a shame that’s the lim they n go when to showg homosexual teractn – n only be portrayed as funny.
ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
After Hong me out publicly as gay 2000, he was fired om his hostg job and lost other work – and thor Kwon believ that harsh rponse has disuraged others om followg su.