Korean gay men

When talking about gay figures in Korean entertainment, it is hard to overlook Hong Seok Cheon who is an incredibly famous TV personality in Korea who is very open about his sexuality in the public sphere. A very different example from the previous Holland made a solo debut in but not before having to go independent since his label refused to debut a gay idol even this recently.

This is mainly because of different societal laws as well as some laws and attitudes towards being openly queer. He has been open about the lack of acceptance he got from his parents, but has also shared that his brothers as well as chosen family were supportive of him.

KilliAN is a former trainee of one of the biggest Kpop companies being JYP entertainment and joined the company at the young age of just During his time at the company JYP was preparing to debut the now incredibly popular groups 2PM as well as 2AM, and it is widely accepted that he was planned to be one of the members of these boy groups.

He has been able to portray his sexuality in his music videos and has spoken about how this has been able to empower him, while also understanding how this restricts his career in Korea. This contestant on competition show High School Rapper competed in and ended up coming in an impressive 2nd place and was already known for his appearance on Show Me The Money in as well.

Celebrity Top 10 Most Loved South Korean Male Celebrities by the LGBTQ+ Community Prominent names like Cha Eun Woo, Jung Hae In, and Nam Joo Hyuk all appear in this ranking, but their positions have sparked continuous discussion among Korean netizens.

Korean society is men critical of its celebrities with it being very easy for the public to make their concerns with celebrities gay. It took him 3 years after coming out to even be able to consider coming into the public sphere again, but since then he has been able to regain his popularity and has been able to hold down many jobs on TV for his lovable personality.

He was open about this struggle and helped him gain an audience and has been able to maintain a strong fanbase in Korea as well as worldwide which would not have been possible if he remained repressed at his label. With this being known, these are the most prominent gay Korean celebrities and those who openly support them!

The issue has become more and more accepted in very gay men in dresses years with many public figures becoming advocates for the cause, however it is still a massive debate with generally a few more people against than for.

Wassup unfortunately disbanded recently but since this happened one of the former member Jiae has come out as bisexual on a vlog as well as posting pictures with her girlfriend. Looking at South Korea itself, the country has a complicated relationship with gay rights.

However, this makes the few instances of the publicly gay celebrities in South Korea even braver for being openly themselves and facing the issues which come with being openly gay in this country. He has openly spoken about how bad the korean response to his sexuality was with him getting fired from most of his work incredibly quickly as well as receiving death threats and even thinking about suicide.

A poll was held for gay Korean men to vote for which male Korean celebrities they liked most, and the results have been shared. This list will list 9 of the gay prominent openly gay celebrities in South Korea since there are unfortunately very few examples of celebrities who have been open about this element of their life.

Certain male celebrities have garnered immense popularity and admiration from gay men in South Korea and here are the top 10 male celebrities. KilliAN has continued in his path to success but the story of him being kicked out of JYP is particularly tragic knowing the success of the 2 groups he could have been in.

We have had more choice with this with more and more Korean celebrities voicing their support every year in spite of the backlash even doing this can cause. However, he was not able to do so and flourish as he was kicked out of the label after he was discovered men be in a gay korean with another male trainee at the company.

He shared after coming out that he came out to inspire courage in his queer fans. He is one of the MCs of the aforementioned Marry Queer reality show mentioned alongside K-pop star Hani from EXID and is shown talking to this idol about his experiences and being able to openly discuss and educate on TV in Korea which would have been unthinkable in the past.

The rapper came out on Instagram in as bisexual and this got a mostly positive response. She got quite a mixed response from her fanbase, unfortunately. MRSHLL has been able to maintain a career in both Korea and America and his skills as a singer and producer have been able to speak for themselves and lead him to success.