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Contents:
- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- ‘FIRE ISLAND’ STAR JOEL KIM BOOSTER ON BEG GAY AND ASIAN: ‘I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM’
- JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * gay korean comedian *
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.
‘FIRE ISLAND’ STAR JOEL KIM BOOSTER ON BEG GAY AND ASIAN: ‘I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM’
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.
Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.
JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
And Bowen Yang beme the first Asian-Amerin and third openly gay st member on "Saturday Night Live.
Risg to fame followg her special "Nate, " Gadsby has phed edy to new levels by weavg together personal stori, art history lsons, and sthg monologu — routely takg hs at men and the chronicl her childhood growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.