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

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• K-POP’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND OPENS UP ABOUT SEXUALY 'TABOO' AND NEGATIVY
• ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
• FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY

K-POP’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND OPENS UP ABOUT SEXUALY 'TABOO' AND NEGATIVY

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. There are reasons why there aren’t a lot of openly gay idols. Two sirs nfirmed that gay idols are more mon than expected.

| For their Dark Sis Of K-Pop segment, former Blady member Co and traee-turned-lyricist Ga Maeng were asked how Korean pani view same-sex relatnships and gay idols. Dpe idols not talkg about their sexualy, there are que a few who are gay.

ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE

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FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY

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.

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

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His crowd-fund, self-tled but mi-album tails his personal journey g out as gay and shocked the world wh 's mic vio featurg Holland havg a kiss wh a man bed. Holland has prevly spoken about how growg up as a gay person was the reason he wanted to bee a key voice for south Korea's LGBTQ+ muny. The K-pop idol recently reached out to fellow gay people stgglg South Korea's nservative liftyle on social media.

He shared a heartfelt Tweet, wrg: "If you are gay and gog through a hard time, Never blame yourself. " Fans on YouTube have pared Holland to Atralian gay in Troye Sivan. HOLLAND’s “Neverland” This was the but song of the first openly gay K-Pop idol – a te in.