Korea's biggest queer festival continues
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Participants of the Korea Queer Culture Festival march along Sejong-daero Road between Seoul City Hall and Gwanghwamun Square. / Yonhap
Parents of sexual minorities carry a banner proclaiming themselves as “the association of parents of homosexual, bisexuals and transgender children” in the festival. / Yonhap
Foreign members of the festival drape themselves in rainbow flags, the festival’s symbol, in front of Seoul City Hall on July 15. / Yonhap
By Lee Han-soo
Korea's biggest annual queer festival continued without any hitch after it got under way in Seoul Friday evening for a 10-day run.
About 50,000 attended the “Queer Parade”on Saturday, despite torrential rain.
More than 15,000 police on duty to prevent any conflict between festival supporters and anti-LGBT groups.
There were no reports of violence.
Nearly 100 human rights groups, embassies, companies and pro-LGBT university clubs set up booths at the 18th Korea Queer Culture Festival’s (KQCF) main venue, the Seoul Plaza, hosting a variety of events promoting the rights of sexual minorities. The National Human Rights Commission will join the festival for the first time.
The festival prompted Christian anti-LGBT groups to form an anti-LGBT gathering in Deoksugung Daehanmun Gate the same day.