Jeong Yol

Jeong Yol
Hangul	정욜
Revised Romanization	Chung Yeol
McCune–Reischauer	Jun Yeol
Courtesy name
Hangul	민석
Revised Romanization	Minsuk
McCune–Reischauer	Minseok

Jeong Yol(korean: 정욜, born October 19, 1978) is a South Korean LGBT rights activist. Since the foundation of Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea(동성애자인권연대 同性愛者人權連帶, SLRK) in 1997, he has been an early member of SLRK. From 1998 to 2012, he had been a representative of SLRK. His real name is Jeong Min-suk(정민석).

During the college time, he acknowledged that himself was gay. Later he was enlisted in Army as a soldier. In army, he came out as a homosexual. Then, Commanding officer took him to mental hospital. After discharged, he worked as a pastry chef for six years.

But in 1997, he joined SLRK. In 2000, he spent more time primarily for SLRK, From 2002 to 2012, he has been a representative of SLRK. In February 2003, word 'homosexual' was pointed as harmful word for youth by South Korean government. So he struggled against the government with Kwak Yi-kyong, Chang Pyong-kwon and others. In April 2004, banning of word "homosexual" for youth was eliminated in South Korea.

In 2003, he led a movement of Elimination of Discrimination against LGBT. In 2004, he joined anti-war and peace movements. Since 2006, he has fought for people living with HIV's rights.

Books

• Bravo Gay life(브라보 게이 라이프) (2011)

See also

• Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea
• Kwak Yi-kyong

External links

• Yol's Twitter Template:Ko
• HIV.AIDS 인권연대 나누리 Template:Ko
• 정민석 통합진보당 성소수자위원회 위원장 인터뷰 Template:Ko
• 청소년 동성애자들이 신음하고 있다 Template:Ko
• 四口一言 - '종로의 기적' 이혁상 감독,소준문,장병권,정욜의 미녀들의 수다 아시아경제 2011.04.27 Template:Ko
• 나는 나로서 자유롭다 씨네21 Template:Ko