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cesarmac t1_j9gxs6s wrote

I recently got into kdramas, a rare few of them are surprisingly good at delivering realistic life interactions and friend groups that you just don't see in western shows. Yet I never really noticed any kind of gay representation in the shows with the exception of one.

Decided to look it up and apparently South Korea has basically no rights for same sex couples or even gays in general. Good to hear that they are making a change.

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AFatz t1_j9hwk0y wrote

I think the show Nevertheless, has a lesbian relationship, or at least they were both women by whatever denomination they go by.

Also Love to Hate You just came out and has at least 1 other lesbian couple.

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GreyMooseBoost t1_j9i6jt4 wrote

Yes! I seriously teared up while watching Nevertheless when I got to that story line. It may seem small to most but progress is still great to see

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AFatz t1_j9ifd66 wrote

It was better than the main relationship, which involved 2 people gaslighting each other back and forth the entire time.

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cesarmac t1_j9ijnvy wrote

>gaslighting each other back and forth the entire time.

Is that not a prerequisite for like any main kdrama romance? Lol

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Carazhan t1_jaeowao wrote

reality shows are starting to cover same sex relationships too, merry queer following all sorts of lgbt people and their day to day struggles on a basic level, and i forget what this dating reality show was but one of the women confessed and asked to go on a date with another of the women, and was accepted

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mayssi t1_j9j5m1e wrote

There’s plenty of korean dramas with gay relationships. The genre is called bl in asia

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cesarmac t1_j9j7f03 wrote

From what I can father this is a fairly new thing, not an established type of show.

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Tokishi7 t1_j9iw20h wrote

Kdramas are also heavily monitored and influenced by the government. It’s one of the issues we have here is that kdramas will often come in waves from government incentives

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mayssi t1_j9j5p0v wrote

Web kdramas exist and they are not heavily monitored by no government. As long as it’s profitable they film it. There is lgbt kdramas (to my star, semantic error) and even korean lgbt dating programs

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Tokishi7 t1_j9jdsy3 wrote

I was more talking about the big stuff like TVN, KBS, OCN. I don’t really watch too many web dramas.

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mayssi t1_j9jp8nv wrote

Honestly Netflix kdramas are the move lately. Tv dramas have too many restrictions

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