Survive & Thrive in Korea
Korea Queer Festival 2016 2016 marks the 17th Annual Korea Queer Festival. The event runs from June 11th through June 19th, 2016. This y year’s slogan “Queer I am” sums up the out and proud sensibility of those putting on and attending the festivities. It’s a bold proclamation in the face of hate and bigotry […]
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To say I was nervous for Pride this year was an absolute understatement. With the protesters doing everything to block events and demonize homosexuals and their allies, I was never sure what to expect. I was apprehensive and more than a bit nervous when I arrived at the plaza, but shortly after, all of my […]
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Seoul is a city teeming with millions of people. So many millions that I believed the gay population would be bursting at the seams making queer seoul apropro. Years ago, as a freshly minted expat, I pictured a gay Asian mecca analogous to San Francisco. How naïve. Still, undaunted, I waded through the deceiving sea […]
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KICK ASS KOREA reason 13 Look, moving to a new place, let alone a new country, means facing a daunting set of hurdles. Saying good-bye to family, friends, and social networks tied intimately into your day to day life probably paralyzes most people. When leaving your home country those losses can seem even larger after […]
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V.O.G.U.E Party launches on Friday July 19th will be the most grand of a long anticipated ‘party! Vogue will be a brand new, monthly disco for Seoul’s Gay and Lesbian crowd – and all those who them! Taking place at Seoul’s leading underground club ‘Cakeshop Seoul’, v.o.g.u.e will bring together hundreds of boys and girls, of all […]
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The folks at KQCF and SeLFF have come out with the list of films for the film festival. It runs over ten days from June 6th to the 16th. Each year that I’ve attended the film fest I’ve noticed that the organizers strive to provide an array of different LGBT themed films, especially hidden gems […]
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