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Contents:
- 5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS
- THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA
- HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE
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.
THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA
Later on the seri, he harbors the secret that he is gay and is secretly love wh Yoo-jae. 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.
HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE
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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.