Favoring Christian event over LGBTQ festival raises questions about Korea’s belief in equality and non-discrimination
In a decision that has drawn international scrutiny, the Seoul city government has denied the Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) — the country’s largest annual LGBTQ rights event — the right to host festivities at a plaza in front of the city hall building, a location it has hosted events at for the past eight years.
Instead, the city will allow the Christian Television Service (CTS), an evangelical group, to host a religious youth concert in the plaza the same day the Pride festival was scheduled.
In a decision that has drawn international scrutiny, the Seoul city government has denied the Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) — the country’s largest annual LGBTQ rights event — the right to host festivities at a plaza in front of the city hall building, a location it has hosted events at for the past eight years.
Instead, the city will allow the Christian Television Service (CTS), an evangelical group, to host a religious youth concert in the plaza the same day the Pride festival was scheduled.
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