#hi kpop fans!

[mellometal]

Hi-hi! I have a new group to show you!

I've found some K-Pop groups and soloists who are openly LGBT, and even talked about some of them on here before.

The first one I talked about was Lady, who was the first and only K-Pop girl group made up of all trans women. That post EXPLODED. I'm grateful for all the love that post received.

The most recent one I've talked about is LIONESSES, the first and only (so far) K-Pop boy group made up of men who are openly LGBT, the members are all hidden except for their leader, and one of the members is a drag queen! They're also the first and only boy group I've stanned. (There's a boy group from first gen who I like only because of their discography. I might make a post about them at some point, but it's not easy to find a ton of information about the group itself because of their name.)

I've mentioned that I couldn't find any K-Pop groups, idols, or soloists who are trans men or nonbinary. Well, that has since changed! They are a newer group (they just debuted a couple months ago), and they're the topic of this post!

The group's name is QI.X. They’re the first idol group in Korea with all the members being openly genderqueer as a whole! (I really hope that paints an accurate picture. I don't know how else to explain it. 😅 Please don't hurt me. /srs)

Here they are! From left to right: YOURA, Maek, Prin, and jiGOOK

This is Prin. They're the leader of the group, main vocalist, lead rapper, main dancer, the youngest, and they're nonbinary! They're also vegan!

This is jiGOOK. He is the oldest in the group, the lead vocalist, and main rapper. They are a genderfluid nonbinary trans man. Sometimes they identify as genderless. He is a drag artist and has three cats!

This is Maek. They are the second oldest in the group, the main vocalist, and lead rapper. They are genderqueer. They were friends with Prin pre-debut. They're working at a trans rights organization in Korea called "JOGAKBO" and work at the Seoul Disabled People's Rights Film Festival.

This is YOURA. They are the third oldest in the group and a lead vocalist. They're currently questioning their gender identity and don't want to label themself as of right now. They majored in acting, but they're also interested in traditional arts, music, and movement.

Here's a couple more pluses: They’re independent AND all of them are adults! (Reason why I bring up the second part is because there are way too many minors in the industry and it makes me so uncomfortable. One of my ult groups does have a member who's like seventeen, but the rest of the members are adults. The youngest member of said ult group is not my bias. My biases in that group are all adults.)

Here is a video of them performing their song "Lights Up":

Their social media handles:

Twitter: @ QIX_Official

Instagram: @ qix_official

TikTok: @ officialqix

Their YouTube is in the video!

Have a good day, everyone! 💕

#mello speaks #enmu speaks #a music recommendation maybe? #hi kpop fans! #lgbt kpop #genderqueer kpop #q.ix #indie kpop #they all have different aesthetics and I dig that #Youtube

[melonbite]

he’s acing his PR lessons

#my hero academia #bnha #mha #todoroki shouto #i draw #the urge i have to dress him up like an idol is the dredges from my kpop psyche #i cant help it i need him to make his fictional fans go kya

[brother-emperors]

And the experience of each man was peculiar. For Pompey's name and power were greater in the city when he was away from it, owing to his campaigns; but when he was at home, he was often less power­ful than Crassus, because the pomp and circumstance of his life led him to shun crowds, retire from the forum, and render aid to a few only of those who asked it of him, and then with no great zest, that he might keep his influence the more unimpaired for use in his own behalf. But Crassus was continually ready with his services, was ever at hand and easy of access, and always took an active part in the enterprises of the hour.

Plutarch, Crassus

from the vault of half finished one shots and rejected scenes! what a pair of guys! some real complementary personality stuff going on with these two!

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

#where’s that paper that’s all ‘Fulvia was a manager and Antony was manageable’ there’s a similar dynamic going on here #but it’s both of them @ each other. Crassus does have a very political manager type of. vibe. though. so it could apply to multiple people #roman republic tag #komiks tag #also this is why Pompey and Caesar were a bad match. like of course they were going to get divorced civil war style #anyway. the new tvxq song. any older kpop fans here. ‘So say you want me cause I’m down’ is rattling around in my head abt these two #when they decided to fuck politics together. like oooooh you two chose each other for real #if I was staging a movie or smth the scene where they shake hands on it would be when changmin does THAT with his vocals #tris homines #marcus licinius crassus #gnaeus pompeius magnus

[mygirljunhee]

thank you, moonbin. rest in peace.

#moonbin #it's been an emotional few days and I've had so much trouble processing and dealing with this #I got into kpop in one of the lowest moments in my life - and it/the community has helped me get through more than I thought I could #Moonbin and Astro were a huge part of that #This hurt - it hurt a lot more than I thought it ever would #I can't even begin to imagine what Sua - the rest of Moonbin's family - Astro & his close friends are feeling #All of my thoughts are with them #And to every other fan struggling with this: you aren't alone #And if anyone needs to talk - please reach out #I know there are a lot of incredible fans on here who are willing to help - and I'll do my best to make myself available for anyone #addy.gifs

[minibamnight]

#wooyo wooyo #i was missing his long hair #and the oreo #jung wooyoung #ateez wooyoung #ateez #ateez fanart #kpop fanart #ateez fan art #çizim #suluboya #watercolour

[sonsationals]

#tottenham hotspur #spurs #harry kane #son heung min #son heungmin #kaneson #footballedit #zensgifs #sonny* #kane* #THEY MAKE ME SO UNWEL!!!!!! WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS TO ME. #also the quality on these gifs are so fucking bad oh my god it's so ugly #anyways storytime. i signed up to a sus website to access old soccer matches where i could find this moment w/o the ugly camcorder thing #BUT THE CAMERA LITERALLY CUT AWAY THE MOMENT IT HAPPENED????? talk about elite level homophobia. #so i had to cave and use this ugly clip instead #but also shoutout to the korean sonny fans who always know where everything is from. just when i was about to give up they saved me #if no one got me ik the korean sonny fans who record his every moment like kpop fansites got me

[urwendii]

Type of music you can hear in the various Maiar workshops:

house of Manwë: baroque classical

house of Varda: space ambient

house of Aulë: metal (pun intended)

house of Yavanna: indie folk

house of Irmo: psychedelic trance music

house of Estë: chill-lofi

houses of Oromë + Tulkas: epic instrumental soundtracks

house of Námo: white noise + asmr

house of Ulmo: the little mermaid ost + Ossë's heavy metal playlist

house of Nienna: sad love songs

Bonus:

Angband: k-pop

#im making this canon #the silmarillion #ainur #the silm #the maiar club #Ossë has his own playlist he loves to listen loudly during storms (or when visiting Valmar) <- his neighbour is Eönwë #melkor is a kpop fan #i dont make the rules

[theuntaemed]

wyll’s little arm gesture every time he introduces himself actually cracks me up. like ok kpop idol

#any kpop bg3 fans in the house #bg3 #wyll #wyll ravengard #blade of frontiers #baldurs gate 3 #kpop #post #he’s actually be the cutest idol tho his fanservice would be adorable

[mellometal]

Here's a playlist I made on Spotify of every single K-Pop idol, group, and soloist who are openly LGBT that I could find. If I find more, I will update the playlist with that artist's work added in. If I don't find any other openly LGBT K-Pop artist's work and I do happen to find songs that have LGBT themes instead, I will update the playlist with those songs.

Would anyone be interested in a playlist with openly LGBT J-Pop artists too?

This playlist includes the following (so far):

Harisu, the first trans female idol in K-Pop. She's the OG. She was an entertainer during first gen. It's only appropriate that all of her music is here.

Choi Han-Bit, a trans woman who was formerly from the second gen girl group Mercury. She's a singer, actress, and model.

Lady, the first and only girl group made up of all trans women. They're from early second gen and were fairly short-lived. They were inspired by Harisu.

Maman/Magolpy, the first openly LGBT idol ever. She's a lesbian. Maman got kicked out of the entertainment agency she was under due to her coming out. She has not been active in the music industry since 2015.

Jiae, a soloist formerly from the girl group Wa$$up. She's openly bisexual.

Som Hein, a soloist from School Idol. She's openly bisexual.

Holland, a soloist. He's openly gay. He's probably the first idol you picture when you hear "LGBT idols in K-Pop." He's the best known one on this list.

Marshall Bang/MRSHLL, a soloist. He's openly gay. He's another fairly well-known LGBT artist in the K-Pop industry.

Aquinas, a soloist. He is openly bisexual.

LIONESSES, the first and only boy group (so far) made up of all men who are openly LGBT. All the members are hidden except for their leader, Damjun. Kanghan, one of the members, is a drag queen.

QI.X, the newest one on this list. The first group in K-Pop where all the members are openly genderqueer. All the members, aside from JiGOOK (who uses he/they pronouns), use they/them pronouns.

The only openly LGBT artist in the K-Pop industry that I couldn't find on Spotify is Kwon Do Woon. He's a Korean trot singer who's openly gay. He came out during his tenth anniversary. Do Woon was the first active celebrity to come out as LGBT since Hong Seok Cheon, an actor who came out in 2000 and is still the most prominent openly gay celebrity in Korea.

The playlist is linked here! Enjoy!

#hi kpop fans! #lgbt kpop #indie kpop #kpop rising #harisu #han-bit #lady kpop band #lionesses kpop #aquinas kpop #holland kpop #maman kpop #magolpy kpop #som hein kpop #jiae kpop #qi.x #marshall bang #mrshll #spotify playlist #bigots dni

[seilon]

please don’t by k.will did more for the gays back in 2012 than any boy group can possibly do with fan service and crop tops in 2024

#do young kpoppies know about please don’t by k.will. im serious do they know #I think about it a lot #it’s impossible to replicate the feeling of being gay and watching that mv in the 2010s and just getting bodyslammed by the ending. #like he really just dropped that shit in TWENTY TWELVE #kibumblabs #to this day I think that’s the most explicitly gay mv ive seen in kpop by an established artist #(ie not holland. no shade to him but he kinda built his platform on being an openly gay artist and he’s not a big industry name or anything #which makes the impact significantly different. if that makes sense. anyway.) #like think about any other example. almost all of them can be brushed off as fan service or are at least vague enough to be #up for interpretation #please don’t’s ending is nearly fucking impossible to write off as anything but explicitly gay #no fanservice involved. no vague staring in each other’s eyes. just straight up Oh He’s Not Jealous Of His Friend He’s Jealous Of His #Friend’s Fiancé. oh #like that’s the whole point. interpreting it any other way doesn’t make sense with the impact it’s purposefully supposed to make #like seriously try to say ‘he’s just sad he’s losing his friend to marriage :(‘ or something. you have to be REAL fucking stupid or #deeply in denial to make that argument let alone believe it #anyway. I appreciate this mv a lot #k.will the OG of doomed yaoi in kpop #kill me #closest contender off the top of my head is one more day by sistar #also note I am talking about mvs here not songs in general #cause if I were talking about songs in general. key’s out there pretty much writing about gay sex at this point so I mean #k.will #kpop #only adding actual tags because I want you to watch this mv if you haven’t already

[mintjeru]

240414. "drowning" i cannot explain in words the emotions i felt upon seeing this live ;u;

open for better quality | no reposts

#plave #noah #kpop #fanart #myart #doodle #every song was amazing and i could honestly go on and on about everything i loved about the concert #but noah's solo cover specifically #just knowing how much he loves music and how he was so close to giving up on his dreams before joining plave #and watching him finally be able to stand on a stage surrounded by people who love and support him #like all the other fans i was This close to crying yesterday #if i was there in person i definitely would have started sobbing #i'm in this PLLI thing for life i swear #anyway i had to pump this out real quick while the emotions are running high hahaha #i thought i was gonna be running into art block soon but it turns out this came out fine

[minibamnight]

#the vampire urge to bite his neck #im so sane im so normal #ha ha #park seonghwa #ateez #ateez fanart #ateez art #midnight sketches #ateez fan art #seonghwa #kpop fanart #çizim #karakalem

[hyunpic]

robin with the finger hearts LETS GOOO CHEEK HEART NEXT

#WHEre are my finnish people at #for people who aren’t from finland he’s a very popular finnish singer who just moved to korea like a month ago snhszn #i used to be his hardcore fan like i was basically a fansite #he used to message our lil group of fans on insta about his schedules and availability to meet us shsjdndn #anyway.. i should hit up his dms and ask who’s his fave kpop group #i feel like he’s a jungkook biased cause his latest comeback sounded like standing next to you

[faunandfloraas]

Highlight of the sydney eps they did when they first visited in 2019 was easily them all getting recognized so much more than they had clearly ever anticipated, people were just walking up like OH MY GOD!! Are you Stray Kids!? And almost all of them would respond each time by looking like pray animals in a cars headlights just 🧍‍♂️ except for chan. chan was loving it. grin from ear to ear. giggling. feeling like a prince.

#felix was pretty good too but the others were so shocked #when seungmin hyunjin & han were paired up and they got recognized by 2 different groups of girls who were actually very calm and friendly #but those boys were really 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️ #seungmin was cute tho he took over since he knew the most english even if he looked slightly terrified #just very Yes we are 🙂 thank you 🙂 #but u could see them thinkin oh god why couldnt we have been paired with felix or chan #and then they were discussing like I didnt think kpop was popular in hoju so it must be that everyone knows felix and chan.... lmao #and yet there was no felix and chan with you? but the girlies still knew? #also the random little fan boy who burst into tears and i.n and felix were patting his back and changbin was like ? girl what? #Also 10000 cute points to changbin bc he kept bowing at people.... respectful king #it must have been funny like they really didnt expect it all #i downloaded the ep to make that chan gif last night but was watching again and god its funny #skz

[cherryxsang]

💚✨

#do i like it? #no #did she still slay? #yes 🙄 #i mean his hair not my drawing 😭 #yeosang #yeosang ateez #ateez yeosang #kang yeosang #ateez #kpop #ateez art #ateez fanart #ateez fan art #kpop art #kpop fanart #kpop fan art #my art

[pineapple-frenzy]

@wagon-and-sword hihi thanks for the request!! I had a few I wanted to draw for this, but this is what I ended up going with! Hope you and your moot like it!! :DD

Sorry if this took so long btw :'>>

#seventeen #svt #vernon #mingyu #kpop #my art #art requests #the other ones i wanted to do were that time he brought eyedrops on stage aljdkajslks #literally every time a fan shows him an animal during fancalls cause his reactions are the best #and a couple of moments from gose #specifically when they played finding vernon and the shuriken game #i went with this tho cause menace maknae moment #we love to see it