Seoul’s city government has effectively blocked South Korea’s largest annual LGBT festival from taking place outside city hall this year after granting a permit for a Christian youth concert instead, the LGBT event’s organizers said this week.
Participants wave a rainbow flag as they march on a street during the Korea Queer Culture Festival 2022 in central Seoul, South Korea, July 16, 2022. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
SEOUL — Clashes over the Seoul Queer Culture Festival have become a yearly symbol of the battle for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights in a country where same-sex marriage is not recognized and efforts to pass anti-discrimination laws face strong resistance from conservative religious groups and others.As in several past years, the festival’s organizers jockeyed with religious groups in seeking permission to hold events in downtown Seoul on July 1.
Yang Sun-woo, chief organizer of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival, said the city’s move is an act of discrimination.
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