Korean Lesbian & Gay Human Rights Federation (LGHRF)

The following statement is from their "Women, sexual minorities and the disabled have been the most deprived people in our history. Even worse, sexual minorities have always been regarded mentally abnormal. With that in mind, it is reality that there have not been established any movements of sexual minorities in Korean history. Korean gay men and lesbians could not challenge the social prejudice. We see that early efforts of the Korean gay and/or lesbian organizations that actually came out in 1994 fell far short of earning wide recognition and sexual minorities have not even paid a resolute attention to these movements in general. We think that human rights movements on sexual minorities must go on in cooperation with other social movements because we, sexual minorities, are also a member of this society. We, therefore, focus our main ideas and activities on integration of our efforts with labor unionists, feminists and general human rights activists."

DISCUSSION
1. Are gays and lesbians accepted in your society?
2. Do you condemn those people who belong to third sex gender? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think bisexuality was regarded as a kind of mental retardation?
4. Do you think they deserve to be treated equally like other human being?
5. Do you think Korean government must have concern with these people in terms with their social growth?

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