It’s no secret that beg openly LGBTQ+ the K-pop world is difficult, but the stars enuraged the muny wh their posive msag – and even hope to help pneer gay rights
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- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- WHO IS ONLYONEOF? FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND SENDS LOVE TO K-POP GROUP
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
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What is like to be gay South Korea?
WHO IS ONLYONEOF? FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND SENDS LOVE TO K-POP GROUP
Homophobia is still rife South Korea, where very few mastream mic stars have e out as gay.
There, homosexual sex is not banned, but is illegal the ary, where almost all men mt plete a stt of pulsory nscriptn. “It’s kd of sad, ” said Jungm Kwon, an amic who wrote a book lled “Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasi. “On the one hand looks like the dtry is very open md to shippg culture, ” she told CNN, referrg to the culture among fans of imagg relatnships between their favore stars – cludg gay relatnships.
Acrdg to Kwon, fans were spired by “yaoi” – a kd of Japane manga that featur gay relatnships between male upl – and began makg up stori about their favore stars.