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Contents:

• GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'
• SOUTH KOREA STGGL TO NTA NEW OUTBREAK AMID ANTI-GAY BACKLASH
• SOUTH KOREAN URT OVERTURNS NVICTN OF SOLDIERS FOR GAY SEX

GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'

"He said homosexualy is a s and was the e of Aids.

He told me that he didn't want me to spread homosexualy to the other workers, " says Kim. The rtrant owner's son vised Kim's mother to give her the news her son was gay.

SOUTH KOREA STGGL TO NTA NEW OUTBREAK AMID ANTI-GAY BACKLASH

He was raised by a vout Prottant mother and tght that beg gay meant burng hell. He listened fearfully church as the pastor preached that homosexualy was a s and enuragg would brg disease. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Christian anti-LGBT protters are makg their prence felt at gay events like here SeoulHe proudly showed me his T-shirt wh a special rabow logo on , one that lls for an anti-discrimatn law.

Homosexualy may not be illegal South Korea - sce 2003 is no longer classified as "harmful and obscene" - but discrimatn remas wispread.

SOUTH KOREAN URT OVERTURNS NVICTN OF SOLDIERS FOR GAY SEX

Jt unr half of South Koreans don't want a gay iend, neighbour or lleague, acrdg to one natnwi survey by The Korea Social Integratn ptn, Why holidays n be tough for S Korea's LGBT munyThe proportn of gay and lbian teenagers who have been exposed to vlence is also high. He was alone a park late at night when he was approached by a man who told him homosexualy was an unfiveable s and he should return home to his parents, before beatg him wh a bamboo stick. The Prottant Christian Communy is so ncerned that homosexualy will be accepted South Korea that has cid to hold s first "real love" event Ban - jt a month after the Queer Ftival anisers were forced to ncel their own event the cy.

In a statement to the BBC, they said LGBTQ people were "uhil and abnormal" so their discrimatn was "the right kd of discrimatn" ptn, Menorah said she felt a rponsibily to stop LGBTQ people "om gog to hell"In September, this fluential church group turned up at the Queer Ftival Incheon, South Korea's send biggt cy, their waved paper fans which said NO to homosexualy and YES to "real love". A huge screen was placed near the Queer Ftival square blastg a warng vio claimg that enuragg homosexualy would spread Aids and st tax payers lns. "Homosexualy is a untry-g disease, " one man told me.

"If you m a homosexual act, the untry will perish. Meanwhile, Japan has elected s first openly gay lawmaker, and spe the current polil opposn, a survey found that 78% of people aged 20 to 60 favoured legalizg same-sex marriage.