Over the next two weeks, a decision will be made at the United Nations (UN) on whether governments globally will accept discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. While the UN General Assembly cannot remove the ban on discrimination from Principle 6 of the Olympic Charter itself, Egypt…
An unprecedented lesbian kiss between two high school students on a popular South Korean TV drama, Seonam Girls High School Investigators, has fueled a debate about portrayals of sexuality in a rapidly modernizing society with deeply conservative roots. The broadcast and Internet regulatory body, the Korea Communications Standards Commission, said Friday it had received complaints…
SOUTH KOREA — The mayor of the South Korean capital Seoul has become the first mainstream politician in the country to endorse marriage between same-sex couples, reports GayAsiaNews.com. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon told the San Francisco Examiner that he hoped South Korea would become the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. “I personally…
(CNN) The break-up theme is front-and-center on “I Won’t Give Up,” the lead single off of Jason Mraz’s fourth studio album, Love is a Four Letter Word. “It’s not a break-up album. It was certainly written at a time when I wasn’t certain what was going to happen inside of a relationship,” he told CNN….
(CNN) — Jason Mraz pulled up to the studio near Burbank Airport on his scooter, like a kid anticipating the start of a new school year. But in this case, it was the first day of rehearsal with his new band. “I invited a lot of people to come audition, a lot of people that…
