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

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * being gay in korea *

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.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

“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.

PEACHY KEENAN: EVERYONE IS GAY, N YOU BLAME THEM?

South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.

THE PROBLEM WH BEG GAY SOUTH KOREA

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. 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.

Holland thks thgs are changg: more artists appear to be ditg that they are alli of the gay muny. In the absence of nfirmatn, mentators have ed small, clive clu to speculate on their stance, for example, the time the band’s lear RM tweeted Macklemore’s song “Same Love, ” which promot equal rights for gay people.

GAY AND TRANS SOLDIERS SAY THEY WERE ABED SOUTH KOREAN ARY

But ultimately, experts believe a time when gay stars are accepted mastream K-pop uld still be some way off.

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