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

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Origatg 1960s Japan, where  was known as “yaoi, ” BL typilly picts two men a homoerotic relatnship.

‘FIRE ISLAND’ STAR JOEL KIM BOOSTER ON BEG GAY AND ASIAN: ‘I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM’

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.

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“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. Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. And Bowen Yang beme the first Asian-Amerin and third openly gay st member on "Saturday Night Live.

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