Queer Links from the Week: Korea University bans anti-gay discrimination, Seoul struggling to do the same, and Kinky Boots coming to Korea

Progress for sexual minorities has made way at Korea University, which has become the First Korean unviersity to ban anti-gay discrimination on campus. This trend reflects how South Koreans Are More Accepting of LGBT Community, which you can read more about in an article from The Diplomat with data showing that Koreans have become more accepting to the idea that homosexuality may be justifiable. Of course, it is a slow process. View Asia asks Should we take out an anti-discrimination clause in the proposed Seoul Citizen Human Rights Charter (Korean). Other Korean articles from this week focused on the Vatican Synod of two weeks back and the church dealing with homosexuality. (Pastor Jeong Jae-u: Embracing Homosexuals is Not Permitting Homosexuality, The Homosexual POV, Our Neighborhood Homosexuals, The Church Needs to Treat Homosexuals Like Family Members among others).


In pop culture, Korean will have the first international staging of Broadway's Kinky Boots starting in December. O Man-seok, who will play drag-performer Lola, explains how the role is different than Hedwig (Korean). Hong Seok-cheon hits the news again in boring ways: on Witch Hunt he said calling G.NA his girlfriend is just a way to express friendship and he has been Instagramming with Actress Moon Chae-won. (Both in Korean). Seriously, googling 동성애자 뉴스 gets you some very boring news stories.