Kwon Do Woon has come out as gay, making him the first male Korean celebrity to do so in 20 years. TV personality and chef Hong Seok Cheon was the first notable Korean celebrity to speak openly about his sexuality in 2000 and Woon is the first to follow in his footsteps.
The LGBTQ+ community in the country have no protections from discrimination; after Cheon came out he was fired from his job as a TV host.Hong Seok CheonWoon came out in the light of his 10th anniversary as a singer, and credited Cheon for giving him the ‘courage’ to speak candidly about his sexual orientation.
He said in a statement: “I wanted to speak up as a representative voice of sexual minorities and wanted to open up the prospect of coming out more widely in the.