This news report from TV Chosun on homosexuality and young adults in South Korea is alarmist and sure to make your blood boil. Luckily, it's not on one of the major networks, but it is feeding misinformation into viewers who already probably have negative views of homosexuality. I tried to replicate the ridiculousness of the style in which the news report was presented, but check out the original for the video.
Anchor:
In today’s news, we are looking at how homosexuality is increasing among teenagers as well, the shocking issue that has until now been solely regarded as a problem in other countries. Across the world, the number of people infected with aids has been decreasing, but only in our country is this number increasing. Specifically, the number of patients has surpassed 10,000 and the rate for teens and individuals in their 20s are reasons behind the increasing rate. While the pathology of AIDS infection is controversial, if we look at Korea in 2016, we see that clubs are continuing to be operated for gay males across cities and on the internet it is easy to come into contact with comics that deal with homosexuality.
Park Sang-hyeon reporting.
Reporter:
One man wearing make-up and with long hair went as far as dressing up like a woman. In the streets you see men holding hands or walking arm in arm and can even easily see men engaged in skinship.
Itaewon Merchant:
“They came from somewhere else, right? Another neighborhood. (Do they also hook up?) It seems that way so I don’t really understand. During the day nobody is here, but at night I sell them things.”
In Jongno, at night it becomes easy to find gay men.
During the day, Nakwon-dong is full of workers but when the sun starts to set it becomes a place for homosexuals to meet.
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The rainbow is the gay male’s symbol. Here you can find men holding rainbow umbrellas or bars with rainbow signs.
In Jongno, at night it becomes easy to find gay men.
During the day, Nakwon-dong is full of workers but when the sun starts to set it becomes a place for homosexuals to meet.
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The rainbow is the gay male’s symbol. Here you can find men holding rainbow umbrellas or bars with rainbow signs.
Taxi Driver
“They secretly try to do skinship so I say what are you doing… (some sort of ambiguous expression about tipping and living). There are bars you know. They are done up well (pretty) so if you are a man you might be interesting.”
Homosexual culture is also found between teenagers. There are even new words between teenagers with meanings related to homosexuality.
High Schooler
“Do you know the acronyms BL (boy love) and GL (girl love)? These kids hook arms and hug each other from behind. (How many are in your school?) Like 4 or 5 people.”
On the internet, you can also find webtoons with homosexual content. You can readily find webtoons displaying skinship between men. Teenagers indiscriminately are accepting these webtoons that have homosexuality as a subject.
On the internet, you can also find webtoons with homosexual content. You can readily find webtoons displaying skinship between men. Teenagers indiscriminately are accepting these webtoons that have homosexuality as a subject.
High Schooler
“(Do you see a lot of gay webtoons) There are more than you would think, but it’s not really gross or anything. If you don’t want to read them, then don’t read them.”
Putting aside the growing controversy of whether homosexuality should be permitted, to some extent it is seeping into the minds of young people.
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