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[UlsanBoy]

another gay guy I knew here has murdered himself. Second time this has happened. They say there are no gays in Korea and it's true because they all kill themselves out of fear.

In Korea even white people act how they realy feel. Very scary. If you're gay and thinking of coming here, my advice is don't. Korea is a sad country if you're different.

[UlsanBoy]

On the plus side though there are some way hot studs in Seoul It's not all bad

[jlb]

If you are Korean, then yes, it is a very sad place to be gay. If you are a foreigner, you're not subject to the same societal rules that Koreans are and you can actually have quite a happy life as a gay person.

And if you come for a year, and don't like it, you have the freedom to leave and find somewhere else you might like better. Koreans don't have this option.

[radcon]

"In Korea even white people act how they realy feel. Very scary."

Can you explain this? I don't understand what this means within the context of your post.

[Joe Boxer]

[joelove]

Oddly enough the only times I recall that I've ever been hit on by dudes was on two separate occasions in Korea. Oh wait, happened in Vietnam as well. Must have been giving off that gay vibe or something.

[northway]

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

My western gay friends don't seem to have any issues. My Korean gay friends did, but they've moved out of the country and never want to come back except to visit their families. I'm happy for them, as they've really come out of their shells, though I miss them. I'm sure I'll see them again, though.

[Panda]

A few weeks ago, on Arirang TV a famouse Korean musical actor Kim Ho Young was interviewed.

http://www.arirang.co.kr/Player/TV_Player.asp?code=VOD&asx_HL=High&Prog_Code=TVCR0106&vod_key=62847 (you need to register to watch)

He is obviously a gay man .

But at the end of the interview, his �best� friend asked him through a video: "Ho Young, I really wonder when you will get married."

Is his best friend that stupid? Or she just deliberately gave him a hard time.

Both the talk show hostess and Kim Ho Young felt very awkward, he said to the hostess: "I was surprised why she suddenly asked me such a question." He somehow managed to answer the question, but very sadly he used a SHE to refer to his future lover.

[Times30]

I've only met 1 gay Korean man in all my time here.

Generally in Asia, being gay is almost a death warrant. They are unaccepted and easily discriminated against.

My kids joke around like being homosexual isn't even a real thing. They treat it as much as a mystical figure like the Unicorn. The concept of being gay in most of Asia doesn't even really "exist". Mostly because they've never seen it.

It makes me wonder, is gay partially cultural. (I've always believed it to be genetic and still do but you have to wonder sometimes)

Or are people living in such fear of being gay in Korea, they hide it forever and bear the burden?

[northway]

[Panda]

[The Cosmic Hum]

There are just as many gay men in Korea as there are anywhere in the world.

In Korea, however, gay men are still expected to get married and have the obligatory children for the sake of the family.

Living as a gay man is unacceptable...as is living as a single man or woman.

Married with children is the norm to which everyone is supposed to conform to. Period.

[The Floating World]

They are not the real Korean, they are Japanese. Send them back to the Japan.

I have actually heard this from a friend who taught a Korean businessman, that the guy said that essentially any gays in Korea are really Japanese. Lol.

An ex Korean gf of mine had a brother that was gay and his familly were fine about it. They were extremely liberal and westernised however, all generation of the familly having done their university degrees outside of Korea.

I think it's still difficult for some people back home too.

Panda, you just reminded me of one of my favorite movies of all time "Farewell my Concubine!'

[Panda]