Homosexuality in South Korea

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Geographical location of South Korea

Homosexuality is largely legal in South Korea with restrictions.

legality

Homosexuality is legal in South Korea . In the independent military criminal law, which only applies to South Korean military personnel, homosexuality is threatened with prison. The age of consent is uniformly 14 years.

Anti-discrimination laws

There is no statutory protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation . A draft law by the Ministry of Justice in 2007, which should also include protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual identity, was not implemented and the relevant article was removed.

South Korean military courts can punish same-sex love with up to 1 year in prison, based on Article 92 of the Military Criminal Laws. Recruits have to answer a large number of questions during the draft, including about their sexual orientation, and may be excluded from military service. The government of South Korea asked the Constitutional Court to review the legality of Article 92 in November 2008. In April 2011, the court ruled that the military could uphold the sentence.

Recognition of same-sex partnerships

A same-sex marriage or registered partnership is not allowed in South Korea.

Social situation

South Korean society is strongly influenced by Confucian tradition and Christianity .

In April 2003, the Youth Protection Committee of South Korea , which is officially responsible for the protection of minors, after years of pressure from the Korean National Human Rights Protection Committee (NHRPC) and the Korean LGBTQ organization Iban, approved homosexuality, which is considered "obscene and harmful" classified, taken from the list of acts harmful to minors. This means that it is no longer possible to index LGBTQ publications and LGBTQ websites.

South Korean films such as Broken Branches (1995), The King and the Clown , Memento Mori , No Regret, and The Pickpocket , take up the issue of homosexuality . LGBT film festivals and counseling centers have formed in South Korea over the past decade. There is primarily a gay community only in the capital Seoul and in the port city of Busan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GlobalGayz.com: Gay South Korea News & Reports 2007 : Anti-Discrimination Law in South Korea
  2. ↑ GlobalGayz.com: Gay South Korea News & Reports 2008 : South Korean government is constitutionally reviewing military criminal law in relation to "homosexual acts".
  3. ↑ queer.de: South Korea: Gays are not allowed to be soldiers
  4. ↑ International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission: "Youth Protection Committee of South Korea" removes homosexuality from the list of acts harmful to minors