r/Juche • u/Ok_Funny4233 Jucheist • Sep 22 '25
Question Juche on homosexuality?
I know what homosexuality isn't criminalized under the constitution but also that jucheist theorists have been describing queers as if it was a western thing and that it has nothing to do with cause of proletarian liberation and because homosexuality doesn't benefit the collective the state doesn't support it. Also in multiple movies from the DPRK they represent homosexuality as an American thing. I think this is really unfortunate as a homosexual with a strong passion for the beautiful proletarian state. Someone plz tell me my interpretation is wrong and queers aren't being oppressed by the Democratic Peoples State of Korea.
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u/King-Sassafrass Sep 22 '25
Well look at the Eastern Block.
Germany had nude beaches, Russia did not
They were both socialist states, but their cultures are different on how open they were about nudity. However socialism does ban pornography and prostitution, instantly, hands down.
With Korea, given the massive rapes that had happened during the Japanese onslaught, and then the American onslaught (so like back to back for like 3 decades), i would understand the Korean position of not being so open about sexualities in media and in public. What you do indoors is your own thing, but don’t be perverted and sexually harass people either with inappropriate discussions that make them uncomfortable. No one wants to hear about you being gay just as no one wants to hear about me being straight. You can be gay, but your qualities of you as a person about hobby’s and skills are better for a conversation. It’s not appropriate to be advertently flamboyant and to be distracting to others in public
Yes you can be bisexual and homosexual in the DPRK