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Send-gen star Crayon Pop's Way and former BLANC7's Shwoo reveal whether there are really a lot of gay idols the K-Pop dtry.

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 WHO IS ONLYONEOF? FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND SENDS LOVE TO K-POP GROUP FAN REACTN

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 * gay idol *

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.

ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE

David Archuleta has discsed g out as gay to his fay a recent Instagram post. He is not the first "Amerin Idol" nttant to discs stgglg wh his sexualy. * gay idol *

Maman Maman, who origally buted 2007 unr the stage name Magoply, is K-Pop first openly gay idol.

CANDACE CAMERON BURE DENI CLAIMS SHE TRIED TO GET GAY ‘FULLER HOE’ CHARACTER FIRED

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Shortly after butg, Maman me out as gay an terview. Holland Holland is well-known as the media’s first openly gay K-Pop idol. He has been openly gay sce 2015 and buted 2018.

IS TROYE SIVAN’S ‘RH’ SEXY FUN OR GAY DETR?

Candace Cameron Bure recently nied claims that she tried to get the first openly gay character fired om 'Fuller Hoe.' * gay idol *

Though his gay Korean iends told him would be better to stay the closet, he chose to e out as a way to be his te self. In a lengthy Instagram post Saturday, Archuleta said he me out as gay to his fay 2014, but then had siar feelgs for both genrs, suggtg “a spectm of bisexual.

Amerin Idol Season 7 nner-up David Archuleta has discsed the journey he went on wh his sexualy a recent social media Instagram June (aka Pri Month), the sger and Mormon revealed that he discsed g out as gay to his fay 2014, six years after beg on post scrib how Archuleta stggled to fd a better scriptn of his sexualy than simply "gay. I me out 2014 as gay to my fay. Amerin Idol had s first gay nttant way back s first season wh Jim Verraros, who ma the top his public life, he has sce said that Fox ma him lete an onle journal post where he talked about his sexualy, wh the work claimg he was not able to "self-promote" as a told The Advote: "Lookg back, [the work's policy] uld be terpreted a bunch of different ways.

Shortly after his n on the show, Aiken told Rollg Stone: "One thg I've found of people the public eye, eher you're a womanizer or you've got to be gay. He me out as gay 2016. That's why I wanted to share my own story as a gay man.

IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY

He said, "I don't thk should be a surprise for anyone to hear I'm gay.

ADAM LAMBERT: AMERI'S FIRST GAY 'IDOL'?

I've been livg Los Angel for eight years as a gay man. "Nathaniel MarshallAfter makg to the top 36 of Season 8, Marshall first starred MTV realy show The Gay Real World.

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