K-Pop star Som Hye came out as bisexual *ayQghH3lM(r3J-fyw(bH&YIc6O&cUjr#CX=h$z_BAfiP%L3V)on social media this week.

“I’m bisexual. And I have [a] girlfriend now,” she wrote on Instagram after sharing photos of her holding hands and kissing her girlfriend.

In conservative South Korea, most LGBTI people are not&rbzmnIr$Chv8pQHMGADR^ckzpPx$O^bzTtAp%(rp4emkh@srb out to their families. 

K-Pop singer Holland became the nation’s first well-known LGBTI stnB3o2QVF$EFGKewP1JBHIFSQT1=XSg(gcu6JOoUP&N@oDw-nJ(ar when he came out last year.

Som Hye rose to fame as _ig8J0M0h%$wNB@VaDatwFQdXxPtCt=4YJ3w9gky-T@U+(xNjDa contestant on the Korean girl group reality show Idol School in 2017. She released her debut single Mini Radio earlier this year.

She posted photos on Tuesday showing the couple kiODFR1(Pj-@)Sp+(OABHAQYrI1VRPufUxY@Fn9xZSU779m6D+!^ssing each other on the cheek and holding hands.

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Filechu chu My girlfriend

"It's heartbreaking"

When a fan asked the question “R u really lesbian? I am so shocked rlly”, Som Hye responded in an Instagram story: “I’m bisexual. And I have [a] girlfriend now.”

“My girlfriend as short hair, just my girlfriend’s style” she also wrote. “PLZ respect her, it’s heargr0J=Q)iOqiEJ_M8!He8mSxgt_FX0F%EgO%bJ6Le#^)RSMDP9vtbreaking to ask my girlfriend if she’s a man or a woman”.

Som Hye later posted a longer statement in Korean, apparently responding to comments on her social mediapEi)Fvlhy#6CM035_Nkhk$9F)C*Io6_j1%jMP7Knz+$ndhOU&c.

She warned if ’speculative’ content J&oaf%OL86L+cto_q_#C_qM^00O0VkJ4W4hGmoIIEOdBu6$Ficcontinues should would take legal measures.

'I am in a loving [relationship] and since it’s not wrong, I confidently did come out [as bisexual], but I didn’t do it so that I could stand out. What kind of person lightly makes the decision to come out like that?’ She wrote, according to Scoompi.com.

She went on to say:

People think differently and can hate same-sex relationships. Yes, you can hate it. Those are individual values and I’m not trying to force [anyone] to understand or like homosexuality. I am also not begging for [anyone] to like or notice me. I didn’t think that I would receive this much attention. I just didn’t want to hide the fact that I am dating and in love just like everyone else.
I don’t want my people to get hurt, and it’s my duty to protect them. I will also take legal measures to protect my people. Please stop.


Rights groups have warned of deteriorating LGBT rights in South Korea. 

Recent increased visibility of the LGBT community has sparked a backlash fromdzUCBiEC5FqKqVX8YU5xRn#Ih9+tLuz5S2k&=aP8Cs%_&eWM!# conservative Christians. Many LGBT pride events have witnessed violent counter-demonstrations from anti-LGBT groups.

Author: Rik Glauert

Yi-min lives alone with her son, as her husband works away from home. She meets Tinting at a wedding, a girl she once had some history with back in highschool. Back in the days, Yi-min denied their relationship out of fear of living as a lesbian woman, but meeting Tingting again reignites something in her, a possibility to escape her dull married life. Now that Taiwan has leagalised same-sex marrige, can Yi-min find the courage to admit her feelings? With the future of a child in her hands and under the pressure of her husband, her family-in-law and her own family, will she follow through with this new chapter in her life?