They would do best not only for Korean but to connect the whole world to deliver love, hope and freedom for all the gay peoples in the world. Thus, the name Ivancity contains a will to make freer minded society. The world of Ivan has been used since 1995 and now it is used not only by gay community but by common society as well. Ivan is a Korean word meaning queer, signifying sexual minorities. Ivancity is a combination of two words ‘Ivan’ and ‘City’. And if the foreigners or overseas residents who wants to sign up, they should holding CIN which is Citizen Identification Number or Korean ID No, thus they can fill in separate forms and send it through online to the site administrator to become a member of Ivan city. Additionally, only adults over 18 years old can sign up as a member. Since then, currently on October 2007 there are 150,000 members, 30,000 ~ 40,000 visitors a day, and 100 new members sign up everyday. This Ivan city has started as Hwarang in May 1995. And Ivan city site is the leading portal site of Korea providing variety of services such as entertainment, access to communities, online shopping, and etc. ‘Ivan City’ is the largest online gay community in Korea providing variety of contents including personals, online chart, clubs, and etc. Additionally, there is the most famous gay festival, which is called Korean Queer Culture Festival.
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The most popular gay site in Korea is IVAN CITY, and CHIINGUSAI is the site of the Korean Gay Men’s Human Rights Group Chingusai (“Between Friends”). Throughout those years, they have also made on-line chatting websites or apps for easier communication of their subculture life.įirst of all, there are two Korean gay site or online community in Korea and one foreign site for dating.
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However, when one of the fabulous Korean actors, Hong Suk-Cheon, came out in one of the television show that he actually is a gay, as in love with same sex, the LGBT people in Korea have slowly stood up their rights.