동성애 혐오 맞받아치기 ―한·미 개신교 연계와 사회적 영성의 퀴어링 = Countering Homophobia: Korea-America Protestant Connections and the Queering of Social Spirituality

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Prior to the South Korean martial law crisis of 2024, the 10.27 Korean Church Joint Service, which featured anti-LGBTQ+ slogans, took place in the Gwanghwamun and City Hall areas. This event coincided with the rise of the LGBTQ+ rights movement and a shift in framing the issue from homosexuality to heterosexuality. The “Chongbuk Gay”(pro-North Korean gay) label, which emerged during the 2013 campaign against the Anti-Discrimination Act, more clearly reveals the characteristics of the far-right Protestant forces that coined it. Similar to the American example of the 1950s, the homophobia of these far-right Protestant groups should be viewed alongside that of the liberal right. Throughout the 20th century, conservative and far-right Protestant groups in Korea and the United States maintained close personal and organizational networks. Just as the far right’s excessive representation of homosexuals is dangerous, the liberal right’s tendency to tolerate homosexuals is also problematic. Securing a place for sexual minorities in churches and society brings about change, transforming the core values of those institutions in a more just direction.