Impact of Black Lives Matter Movement on the LGBTQ Movement in South Korea: A Comparative Study

In 1868 following the end of the Civil War, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified thereby prohibiting states from denying any person within its authority equal protection of the laws. The Black-Americans, who are entitled to the same rights as other Americans under the US Constitution, are frequently exposed to discrimination. Similarly, the LGBTQ individuals in South Korea face institutional discrimination despite the country’s signing of the UN Resolution on the fair treatment of an individual regardless of one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In both the US and South Korea, Black and LGBTQ minorities, respectively, are not receiving the treatment promised under official documents such as the Constitution and UN Resolution. This paper studies how the Blacks and the LGBTQ individuals in South Korea have been historically and systemically subject to marginalization in the social, economic, and political spheres in American society.