Among idols, the highest position belongs to Soobin (TXT), who surpassed prominent seniors Mingyu (SEVENTEEN) and Cha Eun Woo (ASTRO).
Here are the top 10 South Korean male celebrities most loved by the LGBTQ+ community:
1. The singer gained a lot of popularity and is signed with the Entertainment company, “Feel Ghood Music,” headed by K-Pop icons in Hip-Hop.
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He could not handle the issues that came as the aftermath of coming out, and he faced many problems like canceling his appearances on shows until he couldn’t take it anymore and killed himself at the age of twenty-three.
7. He has openly spoken about his struggles as a gay actor and how he was fired because of his sexuality.
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As we have seen all over the world, the younger generation is more open-minded, but, the older generation still struggles to accept Queer members readily. **Lee Je Hoon**
Despite reaching his 40s, Lee Je Hoon remains youthful and widely adored.
9. She got quite a mixed response from her fanbase, unfortunately.
Kwon Do-woon
Do-woon is a famous Korean trot singer and was able to come out on his own terms and came out in 2020 as gay and was happy to be able to come out as he wanted to since knowing his sexuality since as young as 7.
A few months after he announced a relationship, but sadly this ended soon after due to excessive attention from the public.
Harisu
Harisu is a trans singer who debuted in the early 2000s and gained attention for this in the Korean public.
There has been a lot of drama surrounding her ever since she came out publicly, and as a result of the unexpected move was even kicked out of her company, showing us the struggles and hard conditions for an artist to survive.
5. She came out as a lesbian who had a girlfriend.
3. Kim Ji Hoo
Kim Ji Hoo is one of the most tragic stories of Korea, exposing how toxic indifference and traditional thinking can be.
She is also a close friend of Jeremy Scott a gay fashion designer who is the creative director of Moschino.
Tiffany Young From Girls’ Generation
After making her official debut in America in 2018 after her decade exclusively promoting in Korea and Japan, Tiffany wrote a letter for Billboard expressing her love for her queer fans.
Jonghyun Fron Shinee
Before his unfortunate passing in 2017 Jonghyun was known for his frequent support of the LGBT+ community using platforms like Twitter to show his support.
Yeri From Red Velvet
Member of Red Velvet Yeri has shown repeated support for the gay community repeatedly dancing with pride flags in concerts and a close friend of Holland supporting him after a hate crime attack.
Huh Yunjin From Le Sserafim
One of the most recent debuts in this list.
Ahn Chang Rim, Wi Ha Jun, Lee Jun Hyuk
The trio of handsome six-pack actors Ahn Chang Rim, Wi Ha Jun, and Lee Jun Hyuk share the third position.
4. The band was sadly not promoted enough and didn’t gain enough recognition as it should have given the band’s uniqueness and had to disband soon.
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Choi Han-Bit
More popularly known as “Han-Bit,” is a transgender entertainer who turned from a model to an actor who was initially a model for the channel SBS (sponsorship). He gained immense popularity ever since the release of his first single called, “neverland” and has been gaining fame ever since. Yunjin debuted officially just earlier in 2022 but has already been open about her support for pride posting on her mega-successful rookie group’s twitter openly celebrating pride.
For a rookie debut to be able to show this level of support and not have a career implode is definitely inspiring looking back on how dire the situation used to be in Korea.
Takeaway
Hopefully there will be more celebrities to add to this list soon, and it does seem hopeful that queer celebrities will be more accepted in the future in Korea, but even now it is a shame that these celebrities are faced with such controversy.
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In about half a year, starting from January, his “R-Rated” Music videos have been gaining love.
Why is he number one?”
– “It’s strange that no RIIZE member made it to the top.”
– “At performances, Soobin has many male fans, similar to how women worship Jang Won Young.”
– “Soobin and Mingyu?
To celebrate “Pride Month,” the LGBTQ+ community has voted for their favorite South Korean male celebrities on social media platform X.
The list has surprised many netizens with actor Son Seok Koo topping the rankings, followed closely by Jung Hae In.
Actors such as Lee Joon Hyuk, Wi Ha Jun, and Nam Joo Hyuk dominate the rankings. Maman
Maman is also known as Magoply, who happens the be the first openly gay K-Pop idol. She later was a part of the girl group named Mercury back in 2015. Harisu
Harisu has been a part of K-Pop way before the rise of the Hallyu wave.
Marshall Bang
Known as MRSHLL, he is an R&B singer who was not raised in Korea but Los Angeles but was accepted well in Korea when he came out publically. In K-Pop, there’s not a lot to talk about when it comes to Pride months because of the taboo and that the big companies make the artists sign rosters for the same.
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This makes me wonder if any fangirls pretended to be gay to vote.”
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