queer in korea: Korean Queer Community and Culture
Queer Culture
Some Queer Korean Films
Memento Mori : a teenage girls' horror flick that has to rank as the most inventive and eerily beautiful film of the year.
Road Movie: Even though it ignited controversy among Korean filmgoers for its explicit depiction of gay sexuality, Road Movie is simply an excellent film, with or without sex scenes.
Broken Branches: embeds gay issues in a family melodrama.
Yellow Hair: initially banned, then edited and several scenes blurred, this film tells the story of two teenage girls who have rejected the sometimes suffocating normality of Korean society.
The Camelia Project: Three Queer Stories at Bogil Island: a unique omnibus collaboration focused on increasing the visibility of gay men in Korean society. Composed of three films by three different directors, each part is linked by the setting, Bogil Island.
Most descriptions above are directly quoted from Darcy Paquet's Korean Movie site http://www.koreanfilm.org
Other Queer Culture
Baramsory: lesbian samulnori troupe.
Queer Organisations
Queer Women
The Korean Lesbian Institute: does research and advocates for lesbians' human rights.
Kiri-Kiri is a lesbian counselling service and lesbian community group.
Gay Men
Events
Gay Pride Parade and Festival
The Korea Queer Culture Festival (KQCF) is the national queer cultural festival. Past festival events included a Pride Parade, Queer Film Festival, Dance Party, exhibitions, and forums.