Gayspeak: 동성결혼 Same Sex Marriage


Holding signs reading "동성결혼 합법화" 
(Legalization of Same Sex Marriage) Source

Very simple Korean queer word for my readers today.

동성결혼 (dong-seong-kyeo-ron)

동성 means same sex (like in 동성애자) and 결혼 is the word for marriage. Recently, Seoul Mayor Park was quoted as saying "한국이 아시아에서 동성 결혼 합법화 첫 번째 국가가 되길 바란다”, meaning that he hopes Korea will be the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. (Of course, he backtracked on that statement rather quickly.)