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South Korea was one of the countries to vote in favor of Resolution 17/19 on “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity,” which was adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council in June Yet, on a local level, there was still much controversy when the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education drafted a students’ human rights ordinance on 7 September The ordinance contained articles that specifically addressed the right of LGBT students to not be discriminated against.
Using the residents’ initiative movement, which established the right of residents to petition for the enactment, revision, or repeal of an ordinance since , Common Action for Sexual Minority Students in Seoul and youth rights activists were able to acquire the ordinance signed by 97, Seoul residents. The petition demanded that the ordinance be passed by the Seoul Metropolitan Council. The final draft of the ordinance was submitted to the city council in October.
Almost as soon as the ordinance was put forward, parents groups organized against the ordinance on the grounds that it would promote homosexuality. The Association of Mothers Concerned about Education as well as some 50 other groups threatened
The Experiences Surrounding Romantic Relationships of Korean Bisexual Individuals
Introduction
Bisexuality has been defined in several ways (Bauer and Brennan, ; Flanders et al., ); several scholars used the term to describe individuals who are attracted to both men and women sexually and romantically (Halperin, ; Klesse, ; Cox et al., ). However, the definition is based on the binary notion of gender and does not convey the expanded gender and sexual identities (Niki, ). Thus, recent studies on bisexuality (Flanders et al., ; Israel, ; Cipriano et al., ) advise that the definition of bi
in bisexual should be interpreted as creature attracted to more than one gender. Studies on lesbian, gay, and double attraction individuals often treat lesbian/gay (hereinafter LG) and attracted to both genders as a group, rather than considering them as separate groups (Feinstein et al., b). However, accumulating research indicates that community differences exist, and the experiences of bisexual individuals are different from those of LG individuals (Balsam and Mohr, ; Hequembourg and Brallier, ; Brewster and Moradi, ). Attracted to both genders individuals often encounter additional stigmas such as multi-attracted invisibility and dis
Megan of Katseye comes out as bisexual
Megan becomes second member of Katseye to come out as Queer after Lara
Megan, a member of the global teen group Katseye, has publicly come out as bisexual.
During a live broadcast on fan platform Weverse with fellow member Lara on Friday, Megan shared her identity with fans, stating, “I’m coming out. I’m bisexual.” The two noted the moment together, jumping in place with joy.
This marks the second coming out within the team. Back in March, Lara revealed her sexual orientation through Weverse. She joint that she realized she was attracted to women as early as the age of eight, and confessed that she was deeply afraid when auditioning. “I didn’t know if people would accept me. I was scared it might ruin my chances,” she wrote at the time.
With both Lara and Megan now openly detecting as members of the LGBTQ+ community, Katseye stands out as a uncommon example of queer voice in the K-pop scene.
The group will return with its second EP "Beautiful Chaos" on May
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This is how South Korea is celebrating Bisexual Noticeability Day
This Saturday, September 23 marks International Bisexual Representation Day, and events are planned in cities all around the world to celebrate bisexuality and tackle bi-erasure.
In the Republic of Korea, the city of Busan is holding its very first Pride pride and to coincide with international celebrations, the rally will prominently feature bisexuality.
Candy Yun works for the Korean Sexual-Minority Culture and Rights Centre (KSCRC) and says the bisexual society in Korea community does not exist independently prefer other sexual minority communities.
KSCRC has previously conducted a project on social media to promote bi-visibility but this weekend, will be taking that project a step further.
We&#x;ve decided to parade with a metre long bisexual flag at the Busan Queer Customs Festival to celebrate Bisexual person Visibility Day,
Yun tells SBS.
Korea has had event parades since , and from several years ago individuals and organisations started to bring diverse identity festival flags to the parades but we never have a bisexual flag. So we decided to bring it to promote bi visibility,
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