Anonymous Deviant · 26d
This may sound like an odd question but I understand korea is conservative but like…how conservative? How has the general public’s view improved at least? Bc we aren’t in the country and we’re simply observing from the outside.
Bc in regards to sexuality it really feels like as long as you don’t do or say anything explicitly, you can get away with a lot under the radar. For example like haobin, they’re basically an open secret. They’ve definitely been attacked with homophobic comments FOR SURE but they haven’t kissed on camera so they can keep careers and be pretty well-liked. Idk I suppose I’m hopeful that Korean fans are slowly being more accepting even if they don’t know it.
i don’t live there so i don’t have the same insight as someone who does :/ but from my understanding and what I’ve seen from actual queer idols and people and other media it’s still pretty conservative and anti-lgbt; there’s definitely more acceptance than there used to be and more representation (albeit still not much) in media, but it’s still not a safe place to be openly queer in.
Holland, who is an openly gay idol, posted about how he was attacked in Itaewon for being gay; Hong Seok Cheon is an openly gay entertainer who came out in the early 2000s and was like blacklisted for it and it took a long time for him to be able to come back into the industry and thankfully he was able to and he’s doing well but it’s not like everything is perfect for him and he never gets hate. in fact i’ve seen 4th gen stans hate on him. jiae from wassup also received a lot of hate when she first posted about her gf when she came out as bisexual.
fans have always loved fanservice between idols, ever since 1st gen, but we’ve seen the jealousy and animosity that fans give to popular ships when things might get a bit too real for them (globally). while i think idols would have fans in korea and globally that would absolutely support them if they ever came out, the industry itself and society is still very anti-lgbt ://
