South Korea

The ruling should be considered a “declaration that consensual same-sex sexual activity (among military service members) should no longer be considered as punishable in itself.”

“We will continue to fight until the day that our relationship is recognized. I believe that love will eventually win.”

In 1778, George Washington had a soldier drummed out of the military for sodomy. 243 years later, the Fife and Drum Corps, Honor Guard Company, and the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard were all there to celebrate a lesbian general’s retirement.

Sgt. Byun suddenly passed just over a year after her discharge from the South Korea’s military, which earned the country scrutiny from the United Nations and LGBTQ activists.

Contact tracing is outing gay people as anti-LGBTQ rhetoric ramps up dramatically.

“I thought that I might give a message: that we’re just people, we’re just Koreans, we just want to get married like everyone else.”

South Korea determined that being transgender is a “mental or physical” handicap in pushing for an immediate discharge for its first trans soldier.

Worldwide, people generally liked lesbians more than gay men.

If this story sounds familiar, that’s because another Alabama Republican made headlines at the same place earlier this year when he said LGBTQ people had ruined good TV.

Photographers are required to blur the faces of participants before any media is published and attendees wear sunglasses and masks to prevent being outed.