LGBT News Korea

15/04/2025

On National Coming Out Day (NCOD), October 11, 2024, 11 same-sex couples living in filed a . The couples argue that local government offices rejecting their registrations solely because they are same-sex couples constitutes unjust . They are requesting the court to rectify this decision. This is the first large-scale lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the current Civil Code and administrative actions that deny marriage registrations to same-sex couples.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/marriagelawsuit-4

04/02/2025

Every ***r community in the world has its own , as communities in do, too. Various slangs come up and disappear along with generations and identities. This article introduces the slangs generally used in the # LGBTQ+ communities in Korea.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/slang-2

05/01/2025

Social minorities—including + individuals, women, people with , , , and precarious —have always taken to the streets to advocate for and . Even amid the human rights and democracy crisis sparked by the military coup, they carried their flags and participated in protests as they always have. In this urgently prepared article, we aim to shed light on the voices of social minorities, including LGBTQ+ individuals, during the military coup crisis.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/yoonout-2

20/11/2024

Novelist Park Sang Young, brings us “LOVE in the Big City,” now adapted into both a movie and a drama. To have more q***r stories available through various media, please check out the film and drama adaptations of LOVE in the Big City! ***r

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/loveinthebigcity-5

10/11/2024

On July 18, the South Korean Supreme Court acknowledged the dependent status of same-sex spouses under the National Health Insurance. This marks the first official recognition of rights for same-sex couples in the country. Following the ruling, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) extended dependent eligibility to other same-sex couples.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/nhis3-4

19/10/2024

In the drama the ***r relationship between Jeongyeon and Buyong seems to have been erased. Even if it's not, it does not promote the original comic’s popularity that is rooted in its q***r narrative. This can be seen as another form of “ .”

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/heterobaiting-2

*The article is a translated version of “[Women Publicists] Stolen ‘Q***rness’,” written by Yeon Hye-Won for Korean media Women News specializing in women's issues.

15/08/2024

The OTT platform “ ” is actively producing its own ***r content. Check out the dating show “His Man,” the diverse stories of q***r couples in “Merry Q***r,” and the story of a married Korean le***an and their child in “Just Family.” ***r

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/wavveq***rcontents-4

26/07/2024

Since last October, when Israel started its full-scale offensive on the Gaza Strip, the global attention towards Palestine has been more intense than ever. The Palestinian people, who are oppressed and marginalized in the Jewish society and institutions led by Israel, share similarities with the discriminated q***r and LGBTQIA+ community. This is one reason why the global q***r and LGBTQIA+ community is raising its voice for anti-war solidarity with Palestine. In this article, we introduce the solidarity actions of the ***r and + community with and related events that readers in Korea can attend.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/q***randpalestine-6

04/07/2024

The 2024 25th ***r Culture Festival (SQCF) took place on June 1st, 2024. Since it is held in the capital city, the event is the biggest q***r in South . Even so, it was organized at Jonggak station instead of the Seoul Plaza, prohibited by the Seoul Metropolitan Government from using the Plaza (Image 1,2.) Despite the governmental interruption, the festival was successful, gathering approximately 150 thousand participants, according to the festival’s organizing committee. Considering the Taiwan Pride Parade, the biggest q***r parade in Asia, drew 176 thousand participants, the SQCF also is one of the major q***r events in Asia.

There have been several internal actions on some corporate and national level booths that participated in the festival, some of which are listed below.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/2024sqcf-2

22/06/2024

Since 2016, narratives and ***r narratives have gained significant attention in . In the realm of q***r literature, various genres including novels, poetry, and essays are being created, while critical reviews and research on q***r literature are also active. Many works have received prestigious literary awards, establishing themselves as significant contributions to the literary scene. Numerous authors such as Kim Melra, Park Sangyoung, and poets like Hwang Inchan and Kim Hyeon are focusing on q***r literature. Today, we introduce a platform that provides information on Korean q***r literature: the ‘Korean Q***r Literature Comprehensive Platform Rainbow Bookmark’ .

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/rainbowbookmark-5

07/06/2024

( ) would undoubtedly be a hot topic in any field around the world today. New technologies often evolve both expectations and concerns. Especially when it comes to AI, which permeates various aspects of our society, discrimination and prejudice embedded in our society towards social minorities such as women, people with disabilities, immigrants, and ***r individuals, can manifest and be reinforced through the lens of AI, often perceived as objective truths. This underscores the need for discussions on AI ethics. This article introduces how various AI-based services developed in have sparked discussions on the human rights of minority groups, including sexual minorities.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/koreanai-1

01/05/2024

Lim Tae-hoon, former director of the Center for Military Human Rights , was nominated as a candidate for the main opposition party’s satellite party, the Democratic Alliance of Korea, but was excluded from the nomination. There are suspicions that his ***r identity may have been a major factor.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/elections2024-4

14/04/2024

Q***r Forum is an annual event where various human rights organizations, groups, researchers, and citizens gather to discuss timely topics related to LGBTQ+ rights in Korea.

The main session of the 16th Q***r Forum, which took place over two days from February 17th to 18th, 2024, covered topics on surgical and non-surgical gender-affirmation treatments, as well as the marriage equality movement. This year's main session was also a vibrant attempt to continue the discourse on current issues facing the LGBTQ+ rights movement in Korea.

Read the full article on the LGBT News Korea website.:
https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/q***rforum2024-2

29/03/2024

Living in foreign countries makes it hard to go to medical institutions. We would like to share some ***r-friendly medical clinics, hoping to help various non-Koreans who live in South .

Continue reading: https://www.lgbtnewskorea.com/en/post/inclusivehospitals-2

25/12/2023

Rev. Lee Dong-hwan, who offered blessings and prayers for sexual at the Incheon ***r Culture Festival (IQCF) in 2019, was ultimately expelled from the denomination as a result of the church trial.

On the stage, Rev. Lee Dong-hwan blesses participants of the Incheon Q***r Culture Festival, showering them with flower petals. (Source: Hankyoreh)

Rev. Lee Dong-hwan, who offered blessings and prayers for sexual minorities at the Incheon Q***r Culture Festival (IQCF) in 2019, was ultima

13/12/2023

Introducing Kim Kyu-jin, a married ***an with nationality, who is redefining the concept of ' + parent'.

Introducing Kim Kyu-jin, a married le***an with Korean nationality, who is redefining the concept of 'LGBTQ+ parent'.

20/11/2023

that you can look up anywhere on the Internet have become essential in any community in the world, including the q***r community. “Jjal” refers to a meme in , which is useful to examine cultures and emotions that people share based on their tastes and the internet communities to which they belong. Here are some memes that gained popularity in the Korean ***r community through social media platforms such as Twitter/X. You can especially find memes that sarcastically reinterpret hate group’s propaganda!

Memes you can find anywhere on the Internet express cultures and emotions that people share. Here are some satirical memes of the LGBTQ+ com

05/11/2023

Human ordinances and student human rights ordinances enacted throughout the country explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and identity. While these ordinances hold significance as the legal mechanisms most closely related to the lives of local residents, their effectiveness has often been criticized due to the lack of institutional mechanisms, personnel, and budget allocation to realize their value. Moreover, the inclusion of explicit references to has made these ordinances a target for hate groups, as seen in the case of the risk of abolishing human rights ordinances in |nam-do and .

Human rights ordinances and student human rights ordinances are intended to serve as the legal mechanisms most closely related to the lives