[From the Scene] ‘We exist’: Korean queers seek visibility through pride parade
Social affairsJul 15, 2018
When Ryu Hee-seon, 25, attended her first queer parade in 2011, she could not help but burst into tears. A young lesbian who had very limited exposure to the queer community at the time, she had never seen so many sexual minorities all at once before. “Not many universities (in Korea) have queer groups on campus, and my school had none. I had nowhere to turn to,” she told The Korea Herald. “I’m an introvert and always have been, and at the time I felt very uneasy opening up to others (on camp