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[mikesaidyes]

So how does all that work out? Are there even gay bars in Korea? From my Scruff iphone app research there are some gays haha.

Obviously, I'm there to teach and experience the culture, so it's not like a lack of gay culture/population/whatever will be the end of the world... just would be unique to experience.

Besides, there are always foreign businessmen!

[northway]

There's one street in Itaewon that has some gay bars, and I've heard there are some in Hongdae as well.

I live in Sanbon and there's nothing resembling a gay bar around here. Many Koreans will claim that there are no gay Koreans. Seoul's your best bet, but it's only about an hour to Itaewon from Sanbon, so you'll be fine. Moreover, if you hang out at the foreigner bars there are a few gay guys around, and they typically know some other guys, so you can establish a network of sorts. This is what I've gathered from a couple of my close friends here being gay, anyway.

[mikesaidyes]

That's what I was expecting the case to be. Like I said, my friends are all "where are the gay bars?" but it's not like a dealbreaker to have to go to Seoul. I know Asia really isn't "we're here, we're queer," so it's not like I was planning to go hand in hand through the streets with my new gaysian lover.

Where do you teach and live etc? Can you private message me? I'm starting the transition now and am curious to know how yours went with arrival, getting established blah blah blah. Thanks!

-Michael

[Hiromi C]

[420trader]

I somehow found out a gay neighborhood. Jongro 3 Ga subway station, at night there's a bunch of pojang machas lined up. It starts right infront of Nagwon Sanga (the place that sells instruments and other musical shit). Apparently that block has been the Gay Central of Seoul for a long, long time. I had no idea until a few weeks ago I was drinking alone and the owner kept coming on to me. Anyway he explained that there are gay bars all over the place and after 11 PM it's a homo party there.

I think that's where you want to go.

[Captain Corea]

[Kaypea]

[SeoulNate]

[sirius black]

Maybe its because I was in the 'wrong place at the wrong time' (late at night) so to speak or the earring in my left ear but I was approached by a gay korean. It was near a bus station. I was lost and finding my around.

I told my boss about it and he said, by and large, the areas around bus stations in many cities have an underground gay community. I don't know if its true, but I've heard it more than once.

Seoul may be a whole other different kettle of fish. My recommendation is go to gay sites. Google for forums that have an Asian section or simply try and find some gay Korean American sites and ask them if they know where it is in Seoul.

[Airborne9]

[northway]

[Zyzyfer]

[420trader]

[tiger fancini]

[flakfizer]

I've never had a Korean tell me there are no gays in Korea. Many foreigners have said that they were told this by Koreans. I can only come to the conclusion I always come to when other foreigners claim to have different experiences in Korean than I have: they must be making it up.