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

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

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

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. There are reasons why there aren’t a lot of openly gay idols.

KPOP STARS THAT HAS BEEN RUMORED AS GAY [PART 2]

Two sirs nfirmed that gay idols are more mon than expected. | For their Dark Sis Of K-Pop segment, former Blady member Co and traee-turned-lyricist Ga Maeng were asked how Korean pani view same-sex relatnships and gay idols. Dpe idols not talkg about their sexualy, there are que a few who are gay.

In a society where celebri receive backlash for g out as gay, mak sense why K-Pop idols who are part of the LGBT muny want to protect themselv.

" In particular, "LGBT" is an acronym for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr. Gay is jt gay. He not only me out publicly (which mt have taken a lot of urage) but he also publicly speaks out agast homophobia Korean culture.

FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY

This one explor the difficulti gay men face a culture not iendly to LGBTQA+ dividuals.

He famoly msaged a gay izen to give volume to their voice. Hoya (formerly of INFINITE) Hoya played Kang Joon Hee, a gay character Answer Me 1997, and received both acclaim and cricism. CL CL is well-known for her huge LGBTQA+ fan base and her iendship wh Jeremy Stt, who is openly gay.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* CONFIRMED GAY KPOP IDOLS

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