Having a read of a story about a transgender (man to woman) person in Korea who was kicked out the military (and now has killed herself), I see this:
South Korea is far less tolerant of the LGBTQ community than its East Asian neighbours.
Being LGBT is often seen as a disability or a mental illness, or by powerful conservative churches as a sin, and there are no anti-discrimination laws in the country.
In Ms Byun's case, anti-LGBT campaigners had attempted to identify her online. They also held demonstrations urging the military to dismiss her after news about the case emerged and have called for further demonstrations.
Which all strikes me as odd, given the extremely obvious and deliberate androgynous styling of K Pop males, especially BTS.
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