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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- 2AM'S JO KWON CLEARS UP GAY MORS & NFIRMS FAH TO GA-IN
- FORMER JYP TRAEE WAS KICKED OUT FOR BEG GAY AND LOST THE OPPORTUNY TO BUT WH 2AM, 2PM
2AM'S JO KWON CLEARS UP GAY MORS & NFIRMS FAH TO GA-IN
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. * 2am kpop gay *
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.
FORMER JYP TRAEE WAS KICKED OUT FOR BEG GAY AND LOST THE OPPORTUNY TO BUT WH 2AM, 2PM
2AM's Jo Kwon clears up gay mors & nfirms fah to Ga-In * 2am kpop gay *
“Whether you are a heterosexual woman tryg to ject your sexual tonomy to the world, or you are a gay man who wants to see posive reprentatns of male-male romance, BL n be ed, ” he said. 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.
” Then, he started equentg GAMeBoi, a weekly Asian Amerin gay party at Wt Hollywood’s Rage Nightclub.