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Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER PREPAR TO MAKE HIS DEBUT
- THIS ALLEGEDLY 'GAY' K-POP GROUP IS THRIVG WH RECENT SOLO TRACK 'ADRENALINE'
- K-POP STAR HOLLAND IS FG A PATH AS AN OPENLY GAY IDOL
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 is 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.
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. 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.
K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER PREPAR TO MAKE HIS DEBUT
* k pop is gay *
“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.
THIS ALLEGEDLY 'GAY' K-POP GROUP IS THRIVG WH RECENT SOLO TRACK 'ADRENALINE'
Marshall Bang, an openly gay K-pop sger, is preparg to make his but, schled for later this summer. * k pop is gay *
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.
K-POP STAR HOLLAND IS FG A PATH AS AN OPENLY GAY IDOL
This Allegedly 'Gay' K-pop Group is Thrivg Wh Recent Solo Track 'ADRENALINE' * k pop is gay *
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. 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.