Truth Forum Statement Against the Queer Festival at Seoul Plaza
1. WE DENOUNCE Seoul municipal government for granting permission for the use of Seoul Plaza for the (19th) Seoul Pride event!
More than 210,000 people have signed a petition on the website of the Blue House, opposing the Queer Festival taking place in Seoul Plaza. According to a recent survey of public opinion, 82.9% of Seoul residents view excessive exposure of body parts and selling of sex toys at queer-themed events as inappropriate, 67% showed negative opinions on Seoul city government granting the permission for the event to be held in the Plaza. Activities and performances that harm universal sexual ethics were openly carried out in previous queer-themed events. We strongly denounce the decision of the city government for granting a permit for another Queer-themed event to be held in Seoul Plaza - instead of imposing adequate guidelines – ignoring the voice of its citizens.
2. WE ARE CONCERNED about the participation of university student councils at the Queer Festival!
We are concerned about university student councils participating in the Queer Festival. We question their legitimacy as representatives of the entire student bodies and whether they have appropriately processed the opinions of their peers democratically. Some raise concerns over student representatives of their universities’ arbitrary decision makings on their participation in queer-themed events. The opinions of many students who do not agree with queer-themed events that harm healthy sexual ethics are being ignored around many campuses.
3. WE CALL FOR respect for various opinions about homosexuality!
Academic and moral opinions on homosexuality should be left to the free judgement of the individual. Condemning different opinions as "hate-speech" and disrupting ex-homosexuals and anti-homosexuality activists from speaking on-campus are serious violations of academic freedom and freedom of expression. Recently, Seoul National University Truth Forum organized a special lecture with an ex-homosexual speaker and was pressured to cancel the venue. Applying views from America and Europe, labeling different opinions about homosexuality as hatred, ignoring traditional values of Korean culture, condemning people with different views as "homophobics" and "unenlightened people" are acts of self-righteousness and a new form of toadyism and cultural imperialism.
4. WE OPPOSE the Human Rights & Gender Equality program of Seoul National University.
The Seoul National University Human Rights Centre developed the 'Human Rights & Gender Equality' education program and propagated it to many universities. However, the curriculum of the course is founded on social gender concept that acknowledges dozens of sexual distinctions, disseminates one-sided gender ideology. Presently, the SNU Human Rights Centre is pushing to impose disadvantages on those who do not complete the course. The Human Rights & Gender Equality education program of SNU Human Rights Centre coerces their views on students and SNU members who find the contents of the course to be against their conscience, academical and religious beliefs under the name of human rights. The Human Rights & Gender Equality education program of Seoul National University which spreads gender ideology must be amended or abolished.
We express our grave concerns over the Seoul Pride taking place at Seoul Plaza, despite the majority of Seoul residents are against it. We express our grave concerns over ill-considered participation of the student representatives of those universities. We express our grave concerns over SNU Human Rights Center’s deliberate efforts to spread biased gender ideology which prohibits individual discretion on homosexuality.
2018.07.13
Truth Alliance
SNU Truth Forum/ KU Truth Forum/ Yonsei Truth Forum / SWU Truth Forum/
Chongshin Truth Forum/ HUFS Truth Forum/ Inha Truth Forum/ KAIST Truth Forum/
Anyang University Truth Forum/ Ewha Truth Forum/ Handong Truth Forum/ Hanyang Truth Forum/
Hongik Truth Forum/ KCU Truth Forum/ KHU Truth Forum/ DST Truth Forum/
Busan University Truth Forum/ Sogang Truth Forum/ Sejong Truth Forum
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*Truth Form was first founded by students and alumni of Seoul National University, in the spring of 2017. SNU Truth Forum stepped forward in the sense of crisis amid prevailing anachronism and political instigation of illiberal Jusapa among the leftists. Now there are sixty-four Truth Forums of different universities in South Korea, working in solidarity under the name of Truth Alliance. Truth Alliance is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Koreans understand and are inspired by the ideas of free democracy, market economy, and nonbiased modern-day Korean history. Truth Alliance wishes to take part in preparation of liberation of North Korea and reunification of two Koreas; future of the Republic of Korea.
