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Contents:

• 8 UNFORTABLE TTHS ABOUT BEG GAY SOUTH KOREA
• GAY SOUTH KOREA TRAVEL GUI
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• GAY AND TRANS SOLDIERS SAY THEY WERE ABED SOUTH KOREAN ARY
• S​OUTH KOREA’S SUPREME COURT ​ISSU LANDMARK RULG ON GAY SEX
• GAY LIFE SOUTH KOREA
• THE PROBLEM WH BEG GAY SOUTH KOREA
• THE BEST SEOUL GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SEOUL

8 UNFORTABLE TTHS ABOUT BEG GAY SOUTH KOREA

Origatg 1960s Japan, where  was known as “yaoi, ” BL typilly picts two men a homoerotic relatnship. Some LGBTQ activists have acced BL stori of fetishizg and appropriatg gay culture.

Wily regnized as South Korea’s first openly gay K-pop artist, the sger and actor Go Tae-seob, who the stage name Holland, starred a BL drama last year and believ that the growg visibily of BL books, TV seri and movi is a posive step. Bdette, who also intifi as gay and is a longstandg BL fan, said the genre will shake up nservative views on genr and sexualy South Korea. “Whether you are a heterosexual woman tryg to ject your sexual tonomy to the world, or you are a gay man who wants to see posive reprentatns of male-male romance, BL n be ed, ” he said.

Gay actor Kim Ji-who and trans actrs Jang Chae-won both died the same week 2008. Both of their aths have been wily blamed on the homophobic bullyg they received profsnally. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).

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While there are very ltle rights protectg LGBT cizens, South Korea's tolerance of the LGBT muny is growg and a gay neighborhood exists the cy of Seoul where visors n enjoy the nightlife to the early hours of the morng. [디어 애비로 배우는 생생 영어]DEAR ABBY: I'm a 54-year-old gay man who has spent his life makg cisns wh everyone else md. 하지 말아야 할 단 하나의 일은 지금껏 걸어왔던 길을 계속 가는 겁니다 WORDS■ wh A md: A를 염두에 두고■ be based on ~에 기초하다, 근거하다■ perceive ~을 (~로) 여기다, 감지하다■ secury 안전, 무사■ separately 따로따로, 별도로■ let someone down ~의 기대를 저버리다, ~를 실망시키다■ proximy to ~에 근접하여■ spl up 헤어지다■ shut out 차단하다■ disappot 실망시키다■ need of ~가 필요하다■ get touch wh ~와 연락하다, 접촉하다■ LGBTQ 성 소수자(lbian(여성 동성애자), gay(남성 동성애자), bisexual(양성애자), transgenr(성전환자), queer(성 소수자 전반) 혹은 qutng(성 정체성에 관해 갈등하는 사람)).

Elska Magaze, the gay photography and culture project that travels around the world meetg men om diverse LGBTQ muni, releas s latt issue. "This has been the most difficult issue to make yet", says Liam Campbell, edor and chief photographer of Elska, "We ntacted lerally hundreds of guys but the vast majory preferred to stay 'discreet', fearg that exposure any sort of gay media uld jeopardise their jobs, their fai, everythg.

The rult is a readg experience that giv an timate look si queer Seoul, as if we travelled together wh the Elska team to Seoul and met the guys real of the men the Seoul issue clu:U L, who shar his experience durg a trip to a tradnal bathhoe (a jjimjilbang), told through a lens of uncertaty and self-nscns;Jay S, who scrib the moment when his mother nonts him wh the accatn that he is gay;Ivan J, who reunts an afternoon of vegetable-aid masturbatn set to the soundtrack of hymnal Bach;Heezy Y, who talks about the difficulti of fdg succs a society so full of expectatns and nformy;Jose S-M, who as one of a large number of foreigners livg Seoul reflects upon his seven years livg the cy;Jam K, who discs tryg to rencile how to be a Korean man agast the opposg standard of masculy set by his Seoul is 180 pag. Homophobia is still rife South Korea, where very few mastream mic stars have e out as gay.

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

GAY AND TRANS SOLDIERS SAY THEY WERE ABED SOUTH KOREAN ARY

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. 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.

S​OUTH KOREA’S SUPREME COURT ​ISSU LANDMARK RULG ON GAY SEX

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.

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But ultimately, experts believe a time when gay stars are accepted mastream K-pop uld still be some way off. Special thanks to Andy, Ran H, Charl, blukytoday, Vergel, peterbxl1, ptloup, MARCELERIC, JasonBrill, Davidphotos, jon_guy1, PJack, flake51, brizner, Sixsense, jtsurf12, cyrc_84, nakedoz, GorillaCJ, Peter75, HKFatBoy, bigdaddy, cyrc_84, asialover31, hellopa, nahodo, dny1234, kimchiseoul, billii, christoffel1, ernst, yemen, Bottom4u, molpjs, nfed, KokAsianBear, mantoman500, hanggout, h2008bj, snoopy9904, Bill18062000, bigozibear, RiceBear, ojo, Texas2Step, Denny, joshnkorea, andy1988, mb2086, gaysoulpas, steven_g, BeGentle100, Jihoon, Jason, Alan, John, Tak Bac, Gr, Uan, Jason, Blukytoday, Auri, Eli, Leo, Jimmy, Elijah, J. Jjimjilbang may not have a sna, or even hot water facili, although they may functn as facto cisg spac for Korean gays.

Gay jjimjilbang about 300m om Ex 8 of the Shchon Statn, Le 2 (NOT SchEon Statn).

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The South Korean soldier had seen another low-rankg nscript, emed effemate and spected of beg gay, beg sexually abed, beaten and forced to drk om a toilet bowl by other soldiers. In a statement to CNN, South Korea’s Defense Mistry said had polici place “to protect homosexual soldiers’ human rights and to guarantee an environment which they may serve the ary equally wh other soldiers, ” and provid specialist unselors for victims of sexual vlence and human rights ab.