Kim Jho Gwang-soo, Gay South Korean Film Director, Marri Partner In Public | HuffPost Voic

Contents:

• GAY SOUTH KOREAN FILM DIRECTOR MARRI HIS PARTNER PUBLIC
• GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER
• THE FIRST GAY WEDDG KOREA
• KIM JHO GWANG-SOO, GAY SOUTH KOREAN FILM DIRECTOR, MARRI PARTNER IN PUBLIC
• SOUTH KOREA’S GAY UPL FIGHT FOR REGNN, ONE LAW AT A TIME
• 5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS
• GAY SOUTH KOREAN FILM DIRECTOR TO MARRY BID TO PRY OPEN CLOSET

GAY SOUTH KOREAN FILM DIRECTOR MARRI HIS PARTNER PUBLIC

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GAY SOUTH KOREAN CELEBRY 'MARRI' PARTNER

SEOUL (Rters) - Gay South Korean film director Kim Jho Gwang-soo symbolilly married his long-term partner on Saturday, wh the uple exchangg vows on a bridge, though same-sex marriage remas illegal the nservative Asian Korean film director Kim Jho Gwang-soo (L) kiss his partner Kim Sng-hwan durg their weddg ceremony central Seoul September 7, 2013.

THE FIRST GAY WEDDG KOREA

REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonDrsed whe, Kim and his partner of ne years, Kim Sng-hwan, staged an ceremony on a stage overlookg a stream, wh a choir and var artists performg a mil men ma clear they were trailblazg a society where tradnal valu keep many homosexuals om g out, let alone prsg for legal approval for same-sex unns.

KIM JHO GWANG-SOO, GAY SOUTH KOREAN FILM DIRECTOR, MARRI PARTNER IN PUBLIC

But more importantly, we want to let people know that gays n marry too our society. Although homosexualy is not illegal, the prsure to marry someone of the oppose sex to ntue the fay blood le is strong and leads many to hi their sexual inty.

SOUTH KOREA’S GAY UPL FIGHT FOR REGNN, ONE LAW AT A TIME

Gays and lbians have been subject to hate crim, wh one gay man sprayed wh hydrochloric acid 2008 by an Zealand last month beme the first untry the Asia-Pacific regn to legalize gay marriage, wh many Atralians now travellg there to tie the knot.

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5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS

Some South Korean lawmakers have backed an anti-discrimatn law that would embrace gay rights, but amendments have founred due to nservative Christian legislators who oppose regnn.

GAY SOUTH KOREAN FILM DIRECTOR TO MARRY BID TO PRY OPEN CLOSET

It was symbolic rather than legal, but the first public gay weddg Seoul started tongu waggg.