Holland, one of the first openly gay pop idols Korea, spoke wh Teen Vogue about beg a role mol for LGBTQ+ rights.
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.
K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER PREPAR TO MAKE HIS DEBUT
“This panel, we’re jt gog to show our gay,” Lai Franc proclaimed to the packed crowd at KCon’s panel on LGBT fandom Korean pop mic. The K-Pop fans attendance roared wh approval. * k pop is 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.
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 *
“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 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 *
“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.