How come the only confirmed gay celebrity in Korea is Hong Seokchun? There has to be a lot more of them.
I remember arguing with this one reader about homosexuality a while ago. She has claimed that most Koreans are probably not homophobic, because Donghae once said on a TV show that there’s nothing wrong with gays. First of all, Donghae is not, I repeat, not an accurate sample of an average Korean male. Secondly, that quote was from Super Junior Mini Drama.
I am not trying to convince that Donghae is a close-minded douche. I am not saying that all Koreans are homophobic either. But after a ton of encounters with Koreans and Korean immigrants, I have to make a generalization: the Korean society in general is homophobic.
As a biromantic asexual, I know how hiding in the closet feels: it sucks. Girls often make comments like how they hate bisexual and lesbian girls, and while I am neither bisexual nor lesbian, it still hurts. So imagine how the gay/bi Korean celebrities would feel. There are rumors floating around on the web about their sexual orientation, and their fans “defend” them by saying sh*t like “OMFG MY OPPA CANT BE GAY EW THATS DISGUSTING DONT EVEN USE HIS NAME AND THE WORD GAY IN THE SAME SENTENCE!!!” Yeah, that was a very thoughtful comment.

I am not saying that he is, but Heechul from Super Junior is one of the celebrities whom is rumored to be bisexual. Whenever I make this statement, I get billions of angry comments from his non-English speaking fans bashing on bisexuality and insisting that he is not bisexual. I mean, seriously, what’s so wrong with bisexual guys? I’m going to sound sexual here; bisexual guys are hot as hell. And it’s not like he is the only one who’s rumored to be bisexual/gay. Jang Geun Suk (yes, the drop dead gorgeous hottie from You’re Beautiful), Gong Yoo, and Won Bin are also rumored to be gay/bi (I AM NOT saying that they are), so stop complaining that people are picking on Heechul.
Maybe the gay/bi celebrities want to come out of the closet. Well, maybe it’s the homophobic attitudes of the fans that are making it hard for them to be honest. Seriously, stop bashing on us people of alternative sexual orientations and mind your own business. You yourself is probably not 100% heterosexual either.
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