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Perception of Lesbianism in Korea
Posted by Meredith on Aug 5, 2005 at 08:30PM in News Reports - permalink

The social status of gays and lesbians varies widely around the world, but in South Korea ignorance about lesbians is alive and well. A television report claimed that lesbianism has only emerged in the past five years, despite historical evidence of homosexuality dating back to the thirteenth century in Korean literature. Although there is a Lesbian Counseling Center there, it seems the general public is misinformed about homosexuality through television reports like these. The Korean courts have not outlawed gays perhaps because they simply refuse to hear about it. More information on the situation is at Gay Korea and East Garden: South Korea.