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

Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’
• KOREAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM SOUTH KOREA
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• GAY FILIPO-KOREAN SONGWRER OWNS COUNTRY HILAR MIC VIO
• GAY FILM KOREA
• CHARLIE PUTH NFIRMS LEFT AND RIGHT MIC VIO WH BTS' STAR JUNGKOOK FEATUR A GAY LOVE STORY

FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP BOY BAND RELEAS SGLE ‘SHOW ME YOUR PRI’

HOLLAND’s “Neverland” This was the but song of the first openly gay K-Pop idol – a te in. BESTIE’s “Exce Me” At one pot the vio, a girl asks a guy for his number – but he turns out to be gay.

Nell’s “The Day Before” This song addrs the heavy relatn between homosexualy and suici. What mak this song’s mic vio even more impactful was that was released on May 17th which is the ternatnal day agast homophobia, bi-phobia, and transphobia. His mic vio featur an amazg reprentatn of a gay uple, ternatnal upl, and racial diversy.

The untry’s ary recently sentenced a pta to prison for sleepg wh other servicemen, and over half of South Korea’s populatn thought homosexualy was “unacceptable” 2014, acrdg to a Pew survey.

KOREAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM SOUTH KOREA

A product of s environment, K-pop has a long way to go to be clive: There aren’t any openly gay sgers currently, and LGBTQIA-posive songs are rare. The mic vio for ’s heart-wrenchg ballad seems pretty typil, until a last-mute plot twist turns “Please Don’t” to a subtle nod at the difficulti gay men face Korea, where double liv are rampant among the LGBTQ muny. ” The song was about Cheetah beg an empowered woman g to her own after risg to fame, but the vio gloried the bodi of the drag queens and femal actg as backup dancers, which looked a whole lot like the sort of vios that have ma Taiwane sger Jol Tsai the gay in she is.

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

Commonly labelled the ‘first gay K-pop idol’, Holland has been powerfully outspoken when to LGBTQ+ reprentatn South Korea.

Speakg to GAY TIMES 2019, the K-pop star opened up about advotg on behalf of the muny: “LGBTQ rights Korea are still not very progrsive parison to some other untri”. From #20Gayteen MVPs Hayley Kiyoko and Troye Sivan, to LGBTQ alli like Ltle Mix and Avicii, a wi range of artists have stilled a new viraly and urgency to the form by celebratg the LGBTQ muny all of s bety.

#20Gayteen reached s peak when the steamy, fan service-y “What I Need” dropped. 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. 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.

GAY FILIPO-KOREAN SONGWRER OWNS COUNTRY HILAR MIC VIO

However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency. Dom Korean Movie - 2017 Part of the "Gay Out Soon" pilatns of short films.

FMSM Korean Movie - 2015 Part of the "Gay Out Soon" pilatns of short films.

Part of the "Gay Out Soon" pilatns of short films.

GAY FILM KOREA

Supposedly has gay character(s? Part of the "Gay Out Soon" pilatns of shorts.

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.

CHARLIE PUTH NFIRMS LEFT AND RIGHT MIC VIO WH BTS' STAR JUNGKOOK FEATUR A GAY LOVE STORY

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.