S Korea threatens 2 out LGBTQ ppl after 86 corona cases linked 2 gay clubs

[BUtterfield 8 41,818]

 

Anti-gay sentiment in South Korea has risen after health officials tracked 86 newly confirmed coronavirus cases to an asymptomatic 29-year-old man who visited bars and a bathhouse in Itaewon, the gay district in the capital city of Seoul. Other closeted gay people fear they may be outed to their families or employers if the government uses contact tracing to require them to get tested for COVID-19.

The man visited five locations — King Club, Queen, Trunk, Soho and H.I.M. — during the first weekend in May, soon after South Korea relaxed its social distancing measures to allow nightspots and other businesses to reopen amid declining case numbers.

Though the man admitted himself to a nearby hospital after he tested positive on Wednesday, May 6, health authorities have tested more than 2,450 people who went to same nightspots as him. The officials are still trying to track about 3,000 more people using credit card numbers, cell phone location data, and footage from CCTV cameras.

The Washington Post reports that since the outbreak, South Koreans searched mostly for “gay club” and “gay coronavirus” on local social media and have also posted “hate speech and images claiming to show the ‘filthy goings-on’ at gay bars” that caused the infections.  One of the posts included a video of bar patrons, asking others to help identify them.

The South Korean LGBTQ-rights group Chingusai said that “stigma-inducing” media reports could be counterproductive for infection-control efforts because “These threats make it harder for those who came into contact with a virus carrier to report themselves due to fears of getting outed.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/05/south-korea-threatens-lgbtq-population-86-coronavirus-cases-linked-gay-clubs/

[Lucas 31,130]

I won't say they deserve it but what a terrible idea to go to clubs right now 
And now health autorithies have to test more than 5,000 people just because of this, that's insane lol

[AlexanderMagno 10,746]

But five different locations in one weekend? Gays must be thirsty 

 

 

[Ladey Gaygay 9,321]

[Mister G 10,512]

1 minute ago, Ladey Gaygay said:

Too soon. That jockstrap is already iconic.

Jokes aside who the F thought it was smart to reopen nightclubs this soon omg?

[Queen Bitch 10,513]

Trash. All of them, trash! The gheys for going clubbing and the South Koreans for wanting to out them

[Maleficent 6]

warned all of you about this a month ago but people called me a conspiracy theorist 

[DiskoBaby 1,929]

Why can't gay men just keep it in their f*cking pants. 

[Maleficent 6]

3 minutes ago, DiskoBaby said:

Why can't gay men just keep it in their f*cking pants. 

it's everyone rn. current horniness transcends sexuality lol. we're all like wild caged animals laying by swimming pools, watching our abs slowly tan as a trickle of sweat runs down our thighs and our bathing suits feel just a tiny bit tighter, and the smell of sweat mixed with coconuts and suncream remind us of tight toned bodies rolling around in the grass by the beach--wow what was the original topic again 

[mucinex 4,260]

Why are people so outwardly homophobic on the internet lately, epecially those who are LGBTQ+ themselves?

I'm not quoting any of you, but if you're spreading stereotypes about marginalized groups of people on the internet you're just as regressive as those gay men you judge so harshly. 

[heygurlhi 3,200]

This gonna happen al over Europe this weekend just wait

All the gheys geting exposed

[LOVEDRUG 11,269]

3 minutes ago, Matt Amor said:

Why are people so outwardly homophobic on the internet lately, epecially those who are LGBTQ+ themselves?

I'm not quoting any of you, but if you're spreading stereotypes about marginalized groups of people on the internet you're just as regressive as those gay men you judge so harshly. 

thank you...

"gAyS cAnT kEeP iT In ThEiR pAnTS"... no... you clearly can't keep it in your pants. this just continues to spread the myth spread by homophobes that gay people are ALWAYS promiscuous and horny

[mucinex 4,260]

Just now, Autumn said:

thank you...

"gAyS cAnT kEeP iT In ThEiR pAnTS"... no... you clearly can't keep it in your pants. this just continues to spread the myth spread by homophobes that gay people are ALWAYS promiscuous and horny

Spot on—

Perpetuating these myths is so problematic and regressive to all the progress our community has made thus far. People nowadays, especially on twitter dot com and tiktok use homophobia as a light-hearted sense of humor, throwing the f slur around like it has no historical context at all. It just enables non LGBTQ+ people to make fun of us and disrespect us. 

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

Too soon, sis. 

Like gee, masterbate and be happy you’re stil healthy for goodness sakes.

[Guest]

This is a misleading title. South Korea is encouraging those who went to the club to come forward to trace the virus, ensuring that they can remain anonymous to hide their sexual orientation from the public because it is discriminated against in South Korean culture still. See: