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Now it's SBS running a surprisingly positive LGBTQ news piece: "Transgender people are members of our society who already live among us."
Since the Itaewon outbreak, it seems that some Korean media are now running pieces they'd have seldom run before. https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1005801279
Since the Itaewon outbreak, it seems that some Korean media are now running pieces they'd have seldom run before. https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1005801279
On top of the news piece above, SBS also interviewed several Korean transgender people discussing discrimination and difficulties in everyday life.
Just the other day, JoongAng Ilbo ran an extensive piece on gay men in Korea. https://twitter.com/koryodynasty/status/1263627945236525056
YTN also interviewed a Korean gay rights activist for almost 10 minutes.
Never seen Korean media give the LGBTQ community a voice to this extent.
The Itaewon club outbreak was devastating for obvious reasons, but hopefully good can come out of it. https://twitter.com/koryodynasty/status/1261500305188909056
Never seen Korean media give the LGBTQ community a voice to this extent.
The Itaewon club outbreak was devastating for obvious reasons, but hopefully good can come out of it. https://twitter.com/koryodynasty/status/1261500305188909056
SBS is on a roll: now reporting on the 4 LGBTQ-related bills proposed during 20th Nat'l Assembly. 3 were negative. "It is even more regrettable that our political community has taken the lead in promoting hatred & misunderstanding of sexual minorities." https://news.sbs.co.kr/amp/news.amp?news_id=N1005802615
What's going on?! 
SBS: "Sexual minorities are also members of the community who work like us, pay taxes, and live together, so they deserve to live at ease."
SBS: "Sexual minorities are also members of the community who work like us, pay taxes, and live together, so they deserve to live at ease."
Are Korean media jumping on the LGBTQ news bandwagon?
I'm pleasantly shocked!
LGBTQ news bandwagon?I'm pleasantly shocked!
Continuing in the series of "Korean media reporting on LGBTQ issues" this time it's Etoday posting no less than THREE articles on discrimination of sexual minorities in S. Korea, especially in the workplace.
Headline "Can't you just see me for who I am?" https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/1897750
Headline "Can't you just see me for who I am?" https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/1897750
"44% of sexual minorities who have come out have experienced discrimination at work. There have been many cases of disadvantages in job assignments, wages and promotions, with some having been asked to resign".
"In the end, even without government revisions of the law, companies can enhance understanding of sexual minorities and create workplaces where everyone is respected through in-house education and regulations."
In another article, Etoday interviews a Korean lesbian office worker about how she cannot dream of coming out to her colleagues. https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/1897743
Article goes on to quote someone saying "To remedy the discrimination and prejudice against sexual minorities, we need to change the overall atmosphere of society in order to form a corporate culture in which everyone can work equally."
And in a final article, Etoday looks at what policies companies abroad have re: sexual minorities.
"The difference between Korea and other countries in the field of protecting the human rights of sexual minorities is stark." https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/1897744
"The difference between Korea and other countries in the field of protecting the human rights of sexual minorities is stark." https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/1897744
Etoday's in-depth coverage of LGBTQ discrimination in the South Korean workplace featured on the paper's front page today. A sign of times changing?
