Utopia Gui to South Korea (2nd Edn): The Gay and Lbian Scene 7 Ci Includg Seoul, Pan, Taegu and Taejon by John Goss | Goodreads

Contents:

• UTOPIA GUI TO SOUTH KOREA (2ND EDN): THE GAY AND LBIAN SCENE 7 CI INCLUDG SEOUL, PAN, TAEGU AND TAEJON
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH KOREA
• QUEERG ROMEO AND JULIET SOUTH KOREA: HOMONORMATIVY AS GAY UTOPIAN FANTASY
• GAY SOUTH KOREA TRAVEL GUI
• IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
• GAY SOUTH KOREA

UTOPIA GUI TO SOUTH KOREA (2ND EDN): THE GAY AND LBIAN SCENE 7 CI INCLUDG SEOUL, PAN, TAEGU AND TAEJON

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A popular children's TV show host was dismissed om his job when he beme the first celebry to proclaim his homosexualy to the public.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SOUTH KOREA

ntent ratg system classifyg gay and lbian webs as "harmful media" and mandatg their blockage--all unr the guise of protectg youth. The Mistry acted after an April 2001 cisn by the Korean Informatn and Communitns Ethics Commtee (ICEC)--an officially pennt body wh wi censorship powers--which classified homosexualy unr the tegory of "obsceny and perversn" s "Creria for Incent Inter S.

QUEERG ROMEO AND JULIET SOUTH KOREA: HOMONORMATIVY AS GAY UTOPIAN FANTASY

" Activists Korea trace the roots of this fn to a 1997 law that classifi scriptns of "homosexual love" as "harmful to youth.

GAY SOUTH KOREA TRAVEL GUI

The owner of, the first and largt gay webse Korea, received a notice statg that if did not immediately mark self as a 'harmful se' and stall filterg software to prevent youth accs, he would be penalized wh a fe of approximately US$10, 000 or two years imprisonment.

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

On January 10, 2002, affiliatn wh Lbian and Gay Alliance Agast Discrimatn (LGAAD) and the Lawyers for a Democratic Society filed the first lawsu agast Korean ernment for unnstutnally blockg accs. A urt cisn was ma on Augt 14, 2002 that eedom of speech and exprsn were not applible regardg homosexualy, and allowed for outrageo penalti, cludg two year imprisonment, to be enforced. On April 2, 2003 the Korean Natnal Human Rights Protectn Commtee officially advised Korea's Youth Protectn Commtee to remove anti-gay language om the 1997 Youth Protectn Act that that unrpned the 2001 Mistry of Informatn and Communitns cisn.

GAY SOUTH KOREA

Unls you are a Karaoke addict the bt advice is to steer clear of karaoke-type 't miss readg this fascatg look at Gay and Lbian Life Korea.

The olst and only gay men's rights anizatn Korea, Chgai is a succsor of Chodong-hoe, the first homosexual activist group the untry, anized 1993.

Chgai has served as a shelter for Korean gay men, who have no official or public voice of their own, and as an arena for stggle agast all prejudice and opprsn directed at homosexuals.

This group seeks to abolish discrimatn agast sexual mori; foster operatn among mory groups; tablish an alliance agast opprsn of workers; tablish shields agast illegal vtigatn of gay bars and biased news reportg about sexual mori; and to strengthen HIV/AIDS tn aimed at youth.

A gay jjimjilbang (sleepg/cisg facily) and has one large room, seven private rooms, one middle-sized room, DVD room, showers, small lounge, rt room. A good spa (que gay, discreet) is loted between and parallel to Kum Nam No and Art St (Art St is mentned may tourist pamphlets). Kkaji is small: there are about 16 statns four rooms (none private or wh doors) and three puters wh Net unr a TV playg gay vios.

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Jongno is Seoul's biggt gay enclave, wh more than a hundred clubs and venu loted the center of Seoul the Nagwon Dong neighborhood to the north and east of Topkol Park (Inpennce Park).

But, Jongno is changg wh the tim and newer addns to the gay neighborhood tend to be larger, more open and more ternatnal outlook.