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IS JO KWON GAY? PERFORMG AS A DRAG QUEEN SPARKS RUMORS!
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. * korean gay drag queen *
Appearg on stage at Trance, one of the olst gay venu Seoul, the performer stood ont of a solid red backdrop, l by a sgle circular spotlight. ”Homophobia agast the LGBTQ muny South Korea has seen an uptick the past few weeks, after Korean media lked a clter of new ronavis fectns May to gay bars and nightclubs Itaewon, a popular district Seoul. “If you go and get tted for COVID, your iends, your fay, your -workers, would jt fer or assume that you had to get a COVID tt bee you were at the gay clubs, like the media was reportg, ” Lee was this fear and backlash that anizers of Friday’s event were hopg to fight agast, while also buildg solidary between South Korea’s LGBTQ muny and those throughout the Asian diaspora.
Gay marriage is banned the untry, social prsure keeps many the closet, and the annual Pri celebratn attracts vic Christian-led opposn. Korean ary urt jails soldier for gay sex.
Seoul thori officially blamed a schlg clash, but the cy's nservative mayor Oh Se-hoon said June he "personally n't agree wh homosexualy". Many evangelils oppose gay rights, and few policians are willg to challenge the relig lobby.
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The untry's boomg televisn dtry has also featured gay characters popular K-dramas and last year premiered an LGBTQ realy datg show. Andrew Ahn’s father once told him that there were “no gay people Korea. In a culturally nservative muny, where gog to church and buildg a fay were heavily emphasized, Ahn felt his gay inty kept him “om beg able to participate Korean culture.
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