Heezy Yang

Wrapping Up My Queer And Korean 2021

Hello, everyone. Heezy (aka Hurricane Kimchi) here. :) In 2021, we were still in the COVID-19 pandemic, and the virus has stopped a lot...

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Grieving the Deaths of Fellow LGBTQ+ Koreans

On the 12th of March, I attended the commemoration for the late transgender staff sergeant Byun Hee Soo/protest against the Korean Army...

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Why I Founded Seoul Drag Parade (and about 2021 Seoul Drag Parade)

There is an annual parade event called Seoul Drag Parade in Seoul, South Korea. The concept of it is similar to Pride parades’ but this...

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Homophobia Spread Faster Than COVID-19 In South Korea

This is the full-length, raw version of a piece I wrote for Canada-based queer magazine Xtra. If you'd like to read a summarised and...

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How queer South Koreans are finding resilience during COVID-19

An outbreak of the virus in a Seoul gay club early in the pandemic left LGBTQ+ Koreans an easy target for homophobia. But the community...

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Memorial Quilt in Seoul for the Recently Lost Transgender Activists (+Donation Information)

In just several days from late February through early March, Korea’s LGBTQ+ community have lost three transgender activists. Other than...

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Queer Art Exhibition ‘Encore’ Review: Encore, Gay Scene of Seoul!

My original plan was to go see this exhibition on the opening day, and write about it right after, so other people can know about it and...

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When That Day Comes: The Story Behind 2015 Seoul Pride Parade

Not that my art and I are famous or considered important, but if I must pick some of my relatively more important, or more noted pieces,...

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(Hopefully) Start of Something Good

Yes, that's right. I've quoted a Daughtry song right there. And it's okay if you don't know him or his band. It's a commonly used phrase...

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