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my faves said gay rights part 1 - IU
For pride month this year I thought I would live up to my name and post about all the times my faves supported the homosexual community! We will of course start with my ult my queen my love lee jieun. Let's go!
1. iu is friends with openly gay icon hong seok cheon
Hong seok cheon also helped her go on a hang out at his restaurant with her boyfriend at the time
2. She recommended the lesbian movies blue is the warmest colour and the favourite
3. These pictures iu took with get for the sexy and tbh kinda gay tune everybody has secrets
4. Ms Lee jieun wrote the song peach about sulli (who also supported the community and they were best friends so) "from the perspective of a man in love" which if you ask me is pretty gay
5. She wrote the lyrics "Hey Ms. Daloway I passion your party Come here and accept my peck Having a lot of love Isn’t a poor thing" and again if you ask me that's pretty gay
Okay this may not be a prolonged list but to me I think her general attitude about love says a lot about jieun and her beliefs and it comforts me. She's someone who loves with her whole heart and sees the beaut
Korean Netizens React To The Hate IU Faces Over The Song Title “Love Wins”
IU recently came under fire for allegedly “queer-baiting” using her new single’s title. The single is titled “Love Wins,” and is a collaboration with BTS’s V.
IU Comes Under Fire For Allegedly “Queer-Baiting” With Her Song Title, “Love Wins”
Some had taken offense with the way she used a hetero love image while using a phrase highly linked with the LGBTQ+ group. It leaves room to imagination without stating any context.
In response, netizens possess taken to defend IU, while also expressing their understanding for those affected by it.
- IU often says that love wins over all. Do they not know that she’s trying to tell us that she doesn’t want it to be limited to hetero love? What accomplish you mean hetero devotion can’t lose? I reflect it’s pretty narrow-minded to separate hetero and homosexuality.
- Isn’t it a good opportunity for them to be recognized through this? How can they mock IU for this?
- People are starting fights over nothing.
- I consider this is literally trying to pick a bone. I’m not a fan of IU or BTS, and I only knew that they were releasing a song through this post. The phrase “love wins” is
Idols Who Publicly Assist The LGBTQ+ Community
South Korea is known for entity conservative and religious, leading to lack of support for the LGBTQ+ society. Many groups, such as LOONA and Dreamcatcher are acknowledged for having Diverse fandoms due to their inclusive lyrics and support for the LGBTQ+ group. If you ever wonder if your bias is homophobic or supports Homosexual, here is a list of a majority of idols who openly sustain the LGBTQ+ community.Special Mentions:
LIONESSES – First openly gay K-pop group
Lady – First K-pop group to have all transsexual members
HOLLAND – First K-pop idol to come out as gayGirl Groups:
BLACKPINK (During many of their concerts, they held up pride flags and wore Homosexual clothing)
Dreamcatcher (Supporting transsexual rights, Yoohyeon told a MC that she loves any person even if they aren’t a man, held movement flags during concerts)
EXID’s Le (Found at a male lover bar, supporting her friend who is a drag queen)
EVERGLOW’s Mia (Holding pride flag during a fansign)
f(x)’s Amber (Talked about how she supported her gay friends and have been in relationships with women before)
Ladies’ Code’s Ashley (Giving tIU and (G)I-DLE’s prerelease tracks — both of which have been somewhat contentious — landed lofty on this week’s Global K-pop chart.
The Global K-pop chart for the fourth week of 2024 (Jan. 21–27) saw IU’s latest prerelease track, “Love wins all,” at No. 3, followed by (G)I-DLE’s prerelease track “Wife” at No. 5, while Jung Kook’s “Standing Next To You” (2023) and Le Sserafim’s “Perfect Night” (2023) kept their first- and second-place seats, respectively.
“Love wins all,” released on Jan. 24, is IU’s prerelease track for her upcoming sixth EP “The Winning,” set to fall on Feb. 20. The song's original title, “Love wins,” and Jan. 16 teaser poster — which showed IU sitting at a table with BTS' V — garnered quite a bit of controversy before its release.
Online users posted that it was inappropriate for IU to use the identify “Love wins,” a slogan with ties to the LGBTQ community that was widely used to commemorate the United States Supreme Court’s Decision to legalize same-sex marriage in 2015.
IU’s agency, EDAM Business, released a statement Jan. 19 announcing that the song’s title would be changed to “Love wins all” and apologizing to the critics.
(G)I-DLE’s prerel
Examining IU’s “Love Wins All” MV tracking ableism criticisms
IU’s latest single “Love Wins All” is currently doing its expected thing and dominating the charts, carrying overwhelmingly positive reactions. The music video, co-starring BTS member V and directed by the acclaimed Um Tae Hwa, has been met with similar general reception. However, not everybody has reach away thrilled, specifically finding problems with the music video’s portrayal of disabilities.
From best I can tell, a lot of the speak started with double attraction stylist Nara Kim, who is notable for having worked with HYBE a bunch (specifically LE SSERAFIM). She initially spoke out in an Instagram announce, leaving a caption on a photo.
I don’t want to be distorted as a straight and non-disabled person with normalcy through the camera. I’m satisfied with myself #Lovewins #lovewinsall
Later, she expanded on that letter in two Instagram stories.
The reason why I mentioned this is that the song was initially titled “Love Wins.”
Korean queers, who consideration queer’s slogan had been stolen, were furious. There is still controversy after the title of the song was chan