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• GAY PRI IS FALLY BEG ACCEPTED IN KOREA THANKS TO THE CELEBRI
• GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA
• HOW GAY-FRIENDLY IS SOUTH KOREA?WH THE WTER OLYMPICS AROUND THE RNER, THE GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT IS ON {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAFEBARY 5, 2018/12:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3414PX;WIDTH:5120PX;}CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAGSEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 15: PEOPLE ENJOY THE KOREA QUEER CULTURE FTIVAL 2017 ONT OF CY HALL ON JULY 15, 2017 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. THE ANNUAL FTIVAL PROMOTG THE LGBT RIGHTS HAD OCSNALLY BEEN DISPTED BY ANTI-LGBT GROUPS THE PAST, THOUGH HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT ILLEGAL THE UNTRY. (PHOTO BY CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAG)BY SAM MANZELLAFEBARY 5, 2018 / 12:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW GAY-FRIENDLY IS SOUTH KOREA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-05T17:03:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-05T17:03:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL, SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JT A FEW DAYS, HUNDREDS OF ATHLET WILL SCEND ON PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA, FOR THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS, CLUDG A NUMBER OF GAY AND LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT'S THE STATE OF LGBT EQUALY SOUTH KOREA?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HISTORILLY, THE UNTRY'S NSERVATIVE ERNMENT AND LARGE CHRISTIAN POPULATN HAS MEANT SLOW PROGRS: IN 2013, A PEW REARCH POLL DITED ALMOST 60% OF KOREANS BELIEVED SOCIETY SHOULDN'T ACCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN LAWS AGAST SAME-SEX ACTIVY KOREA, AND THE AG OF NSENT ARE EQUAL FOR HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL SEX. BUT BEG GAY IS STILL CULTURALLY TABOO: A MAJORY OF QUEER PEOPLE ARE STILL CLOSETED, AND THOSE WHO E OUT ARE OFTEN ENURAGED TO UNRGO NVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MOST KOREANS STILL KEEP THEIR SEXUALY PRIVATE," NOT SABRA CONSTANCE HILL, A CANADIAN TRANS WOMAN WHO'S LIVED SOUTH KOREA FOR NEARLY 13 YEARS. "WHILE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL E OUT TO IENDS, A LOT STILL HI OM THEIR FAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE THE RT OF ASIA, SOUTH KOREA LACKS MARRIAGE EQUALY, AND SAME-SEX UNNS AREN'T REGNIZED BY THE ERNMENT, EHER. SAVE FOR A FEW MUNICIPALI, THERE ARE NO LEGAL PROTECTNS AGAST DISCRIMATN. LGBT KOREANS N'T ADOPT CHILDREN OR OPENLY SERVE THE ARY. (LAST YEAR, A SOLDIER WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS JAIL FOR HAVG NSENSUAL SEX WH ANOTHER SOLDIER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CENSORSHIP IS NOT UNMON, AND THE ERNMENT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BLOCK GAY DATG APPS OM APP STOR KOREA. AND CHRISTIAN GROUPS LIKE SEOUL'S ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY CHRISTIAN SOLIDARY FUEL MPAIGNS TOUTG MARRIAGE AS STRICTLY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAGSEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 15: ANTI SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ACTIVISTS ATTEND THE RALLY NEXT TO THE KOREA QUEER CULTURE FTIVAL 2017 ONT OF CY HALL ON JULY 15, 2017 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. THE ANNUAL FTIVAL PROMOTG THE LGBT RIGHTS HAD OCSNALLY BEEN DISPTED BY ANTI-LGBT GROUPS THE PAST, THOUGH HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT ILLEGAL THE UNTRY. (PHOTO BY CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AS THE SOCIAL MOVEMENT FOR THE LGBT MUNY BE MORE VISIBLE, THE MOVEMENT OF DISGTG FORC IS ALSO BEG MORE TENSE," SAYS CANDY YUN OF THE KOREAN SEXUAL MORY CULTURE AND RIGHTS CENTER. "THE HATE GROUPS KOREA ARE TRYG TO OVERTHROW OUR RIGHTS AND SPEWG THE SAME TIRED PROPAGANDA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS THE E OF AIDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE TRANSGENR MUNY ISN'T MUCH BETTER: WH A FEW EXCEPTNS, TRANS KOREANS N ONLY CHANGE THEIR LEGAL GENR MARKERS AFTER THEY'VE UNRGONE SURGIL TRANSN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ATTUS ARE CHANGG QUICKLY. ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE THE REPUBLIC, 60% OF WHOM SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY. "WHILE KOREA IS STILL EPLY NSERVATIVE, THERE IS A TREND TOWARD EQUALY AND OPENNS," SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A TELEVISED BATE LAST YEAR, PRINT MOON JAE- SAID HE OPPOSED HOMOSEXUALY. BUT SUPPORTERS SAY HE WAS ONLY SAVG FACE ONT OF NSERVATIV. FOUR MONTHS LATER, AN LGBT RIGHTS GROUP WON A LANDMARK SU ALLOWG TO LEGALLY REGISTER AS A CHARY. (THE SEOUL METROPOLAN GOVERNMENT, THE MISTRY OF JTICE AND THE NATNAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN HAD ALL TRIED TO BLOCK .)ED JONES/AFP/GETTY IMAGPARTICIPANT 'SEEA' POS FOR A PHOTO DURG A 'GAY PRI' GATHERG SEOUL ON JULY 15, 2017.THOANDS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATED GAY RIGHTS WH SONG, DANCE AND A MARCH SEOUL ON JULY 15, AMID RA AND BOISTERO PROTTS BY NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS. RELIG SOUTH KOREANS HAVE BEEN A LOUD FIXTURE AT THE ANNUAL PARA FOR YEARS, HOLDG A RIVAL ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY RALLY WHILE TRYG TO PHYSILLY BLOCK THE MARCH. / AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ED JONES/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2015, ANIZERS OF KOREA'S ANNUAL PRI EVENT, THE QUEER CULTURE FTIVAL, HAD TO GO TO URT TO OVERTURN A POLICE BAN. IN 2017, THE EVENT SAW A RERD-BREAKG TURNOUT WH 85,000 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERY YEAR, [THE FTIVAL] GROWS," HILL SAYS. "TEN YEARS AGO, WAS ATTEND MOSTLY BY THOSE THE LGBT MUNY. BUT NOW MORE ALLI SEEM TO BE SHOWG UP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CERTA NEIGHBORHOODS SEOUL, LIKE ITAEWON AND HONGDAE, HAVE GAY AND LGBT-IENDLY CLUBS, AND HILL SAYS SHE GENERALLY FEELS SAFE. "IN MY TIME HERE, SOME OF MY BIGGT ALLI HAVE BEEN KOREANS. KOREANS ARE GENERALLY KD PEOPLE... ONCE YOU ARE THEIR GOOD GRAC, THEY HAVE YOUR BACK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEDIA REPRENTATNS HAVE EXPAND, AS WELL: FILMMAKER KIM JHO GWANG-SOO AND ACTOR-POLICIAN HONG SEOK-CHEON ARE BOTH OUT CELEBRI. HARISU IS A WELL-KNOWN TRANS POP SGER AND ACTRS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, OPENLY GAY K-POP STAR HOLLAND RELEASED "NEVERLAND," HIS BUT MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CLIP, WHICH FEATUR A SAME-SEX ROMANCE AND KISS, HAS GARNERED MORE THAN 4 LN VIEWS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY FILM KOREA
• THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA

GAY PRI IS FALLY BEG ACCEPTED IN KOREA THANKS TO THE CELEBRI

Also on Forb: Taiwan's Gay Marriage Rulg Won't W Any Wars For Asia's LGBT, But The Future Is Hopeful. Holland (Go Taob) was the first openly Gay K-pop idol South Korea.

Also, Girls Generatn’s Seohyun did a stellar performance as Ji An Na Hello Dracula as a gay woman who liv by the bilatg nstrictns of her mother and experienc a harsh break up wh her girliend of 8 years.

GAY PRI EVENTS SOUTH KOREA

Some Konglish words (borrowed words om English) clu 프라이드 p-ra-i-u (Pri), 엘지비티 el-ji-bi-ti (LGBT), 게이 (Gay), 트랜스젠더 t-raen-s-gen-o (Transgenr). But there are Korean words ed wily to scribe and refer to queer people and queer experienc like 성소수사자 seong-so-su-sa-ja (LGBTQ+), 동성애 dong-seong-ae (homosexualy), 성지향성 seong-ji-hyang-seong (sexual orientatn), 양성애 yang-seong-ae (bisexualy), 범성애 beom-seong-ae (pansexualy), 무성애 mu-seong-ae (asexualy) and the verb for g out is 동성애자임을 밝히다 dong-seong-ae-ja-im-l bak-hi-da. The mil The Pri and s dited st are helpg to pave they way for the acceptance of gay people Korea.

Korean media tends to shy away om the topic of homosexualy, and the ncept of an LGBTQ muny is que foreign, but the mil The Pri is aimg to change all that.

HOW GAY-FRIENDLY IS SOUTH KOREA?WH THE WTER OLYMPICS AROUND THE RNER, THE GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT IS ON {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAFEBARY 5, 2018/12:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3414PX;WIDTH:5120PX;}CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAGSEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 15: PEOPLE ENJOY THE KOREA QUEER CULTURE FTIVAL 2017 ONT OF CY HALL ON JULY 15, 2017 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. THE ANNUAL FTIVAL PROMOTG THE LGBT RIGHTS HAD OCSNALLY BEEN DISPTED BY ANTI-LGBT GROUPS THE PAST, THOUGH HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT ILLEGAL THE UNTRY. (PHOTO BY CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAG)BY SAM MANZELLAFEBARY 5, 2018 / 12:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW GAY-FRIENDLY IS SOUTH KOREA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-05T17:03:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-05T17:03:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL, SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JT A FEW DAYS, HUNDREDS OF ATHLET WILL SCEND ON PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA, FOR THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS, CLUDG A NUMBER OF GAY AND LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT'S THE STATE OF LGBT EQUALY SOUTH KOREA?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HISTORILLY, THE UNTRY'S NSERVATIVE ERNMENT AND LARGE CHRISTIAN POPULATN HAS MEANT SLOW PROGRS: IN 2013, A PEW REARCH POLL DITED ALMOST 60% OF KOREANS BELIEVED SOCIETY SHOULDN'T ACCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN LAWS AGAST SAME-SEX ACTIVY KOREA, AND THE AG OF NSENT ARE EQUAL FOR HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL SEX. BUT BEG GAY IS STILL CULTURALLY TABOO: A MAJORY OF QUEER PEOPLE ARE STILL CLOSETED, AND THOSE WHO E OUT ARE OFTEN ENURAGED TO UNRGO NVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MOST KOREANS STILL KEEP THEIR SEXUALY PRIVATE," NOT SABRA CONSTANCE HILL, A CANADIAN TRANS WOMAN WHO'S LIVED SOUTH KOREA FOR NEARLY 13 YEARS. "WHILE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL E OUT TO IENDS, A LOT STILL HI OM THEIR FAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE THE RT OF ASIA, SOUTH KOREA LACKS MARRIAGE EQUALY, AND SAME-SEX UNNS AREN'T REGNIZED BY THE ERNMENT, EHER. SAVE FOR A FEW MUNICIPALI, THERE ARE NO LEGAL PROTECTNS AGAST DISCRIMATN. LGBT KOREANS N'T ADOPT CHILDREN OR OPENLY SERVE THE ARY. (LAST YEAR, A SOLDIER WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS JAIL FOR HAVG NSENSUAL SEX WH ANOTHER SOLDIER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CENSORSHIP IS NOT UNMON, AND THE ERNMENT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BLOCK GAY DATG APPS OM APP STOR KOREA. AND CHRISTIAN GROUPS LIKE SEOUL'S ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY CHRISTIAN SOLIDARY FUEL MPAIGNS TOUTG MARRIAGE AS STRICTLY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAGSEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 15: ANTI SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ACTIVISTS ATTEND THE RALLY NEXT TO THE KOREA QUEER CULTURE FTIVAL 2017 ONT OF CY HALL ON JULY 15, 2017 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. THE ANNUAL FTIVAL PROMOTG THE LGBT RIGHTS HAD OCSNALLY BEEN DISPTED BY ANTI-LGBT GROUPS THE PAST, THOUGH HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT ILLEGAL THE UNTRY. (PHOTO BY CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AS THE SOCIAL MOVEMENT FOR THE LGBT MUNY BE MORE VISIBLE, THE MOVEMENT OF DISGTG FORC IS ALSO BEG MORE TENSE," SAYS CANDY YUN OF THE KOREAN SEXUAL MORY CULTURE AND RIGHTS CENTER. "THE HATE GROUPS KOREA ARE TRYG TO OVERTHROW OUR RIGHTS AND SPEWG THE SAME TIRED PROPAGANDA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS THE E OF AIDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE TRANSGENR MUNY ISN'T MUCH BETTER: WH A FEW EXCEPTNS, TRANS KOREANS N ONLY CHANGE THEIR LEGAL GENR MARKERS AFTER THEY'VE UNRGONE SURGIL TRANSN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ATTUS ARE CHANGG QUICKLY. ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE THE REPUBLIC, 60% OF WHOM SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY. "WHILE KOREA IS STILL EPLY NSERVATIVE, THERE IS A TREND TOWARD EQUALY AND OPENNS," SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A TELEVISED BATE LAST YEAR, PRINT MOON JAE- SAID HE OPPOSED HOMOSEXUALY. BUT SUPPORTERS SAY HE WAS ONLY SAVG FACE ONT OF NSERVATIV. FOUR MONTHS LATER, AN LGBT RIGHTS GROUP WON A LANDMARK SU ALLOWG TO LEGALLY REGISTER AS A CHARY. (THE SEOUL METROPOLAN GOVERNMENT, THE MISTRY OF JTICE AND THE NATNAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN HAD ALL TRIED TO BLOCK .)ED JONES/AFP/GETTY IMAGPARTICIPANT 'SEEA' POS FOR A PHOTO DURG A 'GAY PRI' GATHERG SEOUL ON JULY 15, 2017.THOANDS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATED GAY RIGHTS WH SONG, DANCE AND A MARCH SEOUL ON JULY 15, AMID RA AND BOISTERO PROTTS BY NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS. RELIG SOUTH KOREANS HAVE BEEN A LOUD FIXTURE AT THE ANNUAL PARA FOR YEARS, HOLDG A RIVAL ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY RALLY WHILE TRYG TO PHYSILLY BLOCK THE MARCH. / AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ED JONES/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2015, ANIZERS OF KOREA'S ANNUAL PRI EVENT, THE QUEER CULTURE FTIVAL, HAD TO GO TO URT TO OVERTURN A POLICE BAN. IN 2017, THE EVENT SAW A RERD-BREAKG TURNOUT WH 85,000 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERY YEAR, [THE FTIVAL] GROWS," HILL SAYS. "TEN YEARS AGO, WAS ATTEND MOSTLY BY THOSE THE LGBT MUNY. BUT NOW MORE ALLI SEEM TO BE SHOWG UP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CERTA NEIGHBORHOODS SEOUL, LIKE ITAEWON AND HONGDAE, HAVE GAY AND LGBT-IENDLY CLUBS, AND HILL SAYS SHE GENERALLY FEELS SAFE. "IN MY TIME HERE, SOME OF MY BIGGT ALLI HAVE BEEN KOREANS. KOREANS ARE GENERALLY KD PEOPLE... ONCE YOU ARE THEIR GOOD GRAC, THEY HAVE YOUR BACK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEDIA REPRENTATNS HAVE EXPAND, AS WELL: FILMMAKER KIM JHO GWANG-SOO AND ACTOR-POLICIAN HONG SEOK-CHEON ARE BOTH OUT CELEBRI. HARISU IS A WELL-KNOWN TRANS POP SGER AND ACTRS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, OPENLY GAY K-POP STAR HOLLAND RELEASED "NEVERLAND," HIS BUT MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CLIP, WHICH FEATUR A SAME-SEX ROMANCE AND KISS, HAS GARNERED MORE THAN 4 LN VIEWS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The Pri, wrten by Alexi Kaye Campbell 2008, tails the story of two parallel love stori between two gay men, Philip and Oliver, 1958 and another gay uple wh the same nam 2008.

In London 2017, gays are livg eely and openly. ” — Director Kim Dong Yeon He further explaed that The Pri don’t aim only to portray the many stggl that gay people endure, but also to te the dience as to how to go about acceptg their differenc by listeng to their stori and growg wh them.

In 2000, Hong S Chun was the first celebry to e out as gay but was shamed and banished om the entertament dtry.

GAY FILM KOREA

In 2010, he me back wh a show lled “Comg Out” that aimed to help other gay men e out to their loved on. From then on, Korea’s stance on homosexualy has slowly been advancg to bee more acceptg, as more and more people are learng to bee more empathetic. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

THE KOREAN ACTORS ARE BREAKG DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE GAY COMMUNY IN KOREA

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! Most prompts for gay porn, meanwhile, explibly flt to people of ambiguoly LatX scent wh an unrcut hairstyle.

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