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

From Itaewon Class and Prison Playbook to Seohyun’s heartbroken closet lbian Hello Dracula, South Korean seri are creasgly embracg gay, lbian and transgenr rol – and the actors have all ma a mark this belated shift towards diversy Published: 11:55am, 9 Jul, 2020 Updated: 11:55am, 9 Jul, 2020 Korean drama actors Moon B, Seohyun and Lee Chung-ah and Lee Joo-young have all portrayed LGBT characters on screen. So seeg actors portray a gay character media is still volatile ground.

Their groundbreakg rol as gay characters stirred global nversatns onto the laps of avid K-drama fans. Korean Actors as Gay K-Drama Characters.

Tae-sun later reveals to Oska that he is gay. Former sger, performer, and actor, Lee Ho-dong or better known as Hoya was the first few actors who played a gay character across Korean televisn. Later on the seri, he harbors the secret that he is gay and is secretly love wh Yoo-jae.

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At the end of the seri, Oh-je nfs to his bt iend that he is gay which be the highlight of the entire seri!

The moment he nfs that he was gay was tly the plot-twist we didn’t expect for.

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gay characters kdrama. Holland is not the first known LGBT K-pop idol, but you n say that this new generatn of K-pop, he's one of the first idols who admted that he's gay. He ially me out as gay 2015, and upon g Korea, his iends told him to keep his sexualy secret - but he's proud of his inty, makg him the first Korean artist who is openly gay.

However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency. 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.

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