Foreign embassies’ advocacy for LGBTQ rights puts pressure on South Korea



Analysis Foreign embassies’ advocacy for LGBTQ rights puts pressure on South Korea Yoon administration seeks to boost ties with Western nations but has shown no interest in protecting sexual minorities Raphael RashidJuly 19, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Members of the Australian Embassy booth at the 23rd Seoul Queer Culture Festival 2022 on July 16, 2022 \| Image: Korea Pro A growing advocacy campaign is pushing for LGBTQ rights in South Korea, led by diplomats of some of the country’s closest allies. During Wendy Sherman’s latest visit to South Korea, the U.S. deputy secretary of state met with LGBTQ civil society leaders to “highlight the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion and mark Pride Month,” according to the State Department. South Korea’s first transgender celebrity Harisu joined the event and helped hoist the Progress Flag, a more inclusive redesign of the rainbow flag. While in South Korea to attend President Yoon Suk-yeol’s inauguration, U.S. second gentleman Douglas Emhoff toured a © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01South Korea’s missile defense push raises new questions over wartime stocks 02South Korea bank hacks expose weak links beyond core financial systems 03Lee-Zelensky feud exposes South Korea’s widening Ukraine policy dilemma 04Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 05Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 06North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 07South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 08AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline

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Foreign embassies’ advocacy for LGBTQ rights puts pressure on South Korea

Yoon administration seeks to boost ties with Western nations but has shown no interest in protecting sexual minorities

Raphael RashidJuly 19, 2022

Foreign embassies’ advocacy for LGBTQ rights puts pressure on South Korea

Members of the Australian Embassy booth at the 23rd Seoul Queer Culture Festival 2022 on July 16, 2022 | Image: Korea Pro

A growing advocacy campaign is pushing for LGBTQ rights in South Korea, led by diplomats of some of the country’s closest allies.

During Wendy Sherman’s latest visit to South Korea, the U.S. deputy secretary of state met with LGBTQ civil society leaders to “highlight the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion and mark Pride Month,” according to the State Department. South Korea’s first transgender celebrity Harisu joined the event and helped hoist the Progress Flag, a more inclusive redesign of the rainbow flag.

While in South Korea to attend President Yoon Suk-yeol’s inauguration, U.S. second gentleman Douglas Emhoff toured a

Foreign embassies’ advocacy for LGBTQ rights puts pressure on South Korea

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