South Korean Military May Allow Gays to Serve
Maybe. The Constitutional Court has said you can’t punish or discharge soldiers for consensual homosexual sex, but the law apparently remains in effect: Some are calling for the provisions on the...
View ArticleHa Ri-su hater arrested
If you can’t find a better hobby than harassing people on the internet…. but I’m still not a fan of the restrictive defamation laws in Korea. Why not just deal with this by asking Cyworld or whatever...
View ArticleAsylum granted to gay Pakistani
The Supreme Court of Korea recently granted refugee status to a Pakistani man on account of his status as a homosexual, finding that he has a well-founded fear of persecution on that basis. You can...
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Gays and lesbians spotlight discrimination in the workplace
Original article from OhMyNews. “No girl(boy)friend? Why don’t you get married?” For gays and lesbians, those questions are light jokes. At work or anywhere else, for sexual minorities they are a...
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Hug of the day
Spotted by the Chosun Ilbo in Insa-dong on the 15th, the gay rights group Chingusai has been offering “Free Gay Hugs”.
View ArticleSKorea: Debate over equal rights for gay students
Original article in Korean is at this link. The Seoul Office of Education committee on the students’ bill of rights (학생인권조례) has begun a controversy by considering whether it should allow...
View ArticleKorean gay community warns of assaults on Twitter
According to reports on Twitter there seems to be a group of men in Jongro assaulting gay men at night. Original article in Korean is at this link. “I was brutally beaten because of homophobia. It...
View ArticleAnti-gay art causes a stir at South Korean university
Original article in Korean is at this link. Controversy is growing after a senior design student at Seoul National University produced a work expressing anti-homosexual sentiment. Some criticize it for...
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Korea begins debating gay marriage
Original article in Korean is at this link. Debate is growing after American President Barack Obama revealed his support for gay marriage. In some European countries it is already legal, but in Korea...
View ArticleGay, transgender Korean students discriminated against at school
Original article in Korean is at this link. A study has found that half of sexual-minority students feel that they are discriminated against at school because of their sexual identities. The survey of...
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