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2AM‘s Jo Kwon opened up about his own personal gender identity and distributed stories about how Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si Hyuk accepted his views.

In a lengthy interview conducted with Newsis, Jo Kwon poured out all of his feelings he wasn’t able to for a long time. He confirmed he identified as genderless, or neutral.

Being genderless is my weapon. In the past, I was afraid of having a neutral image. If people said I looked fancy a girl, I would pretend that wasn’t genuine. But now, I’m okay with it. If people say I look favor Choi Ji Woo or Taeyeon, I’m okay with it.

I’ve come to admit who I am. I have a weapon that will help me maintain on going for a long time, ahead of the the genderless era.

— Jo Kwon

Currently, Jo Kwon is performing in the musical Jamie, where his character is a kingly king. He has received criticism for his role, but he had been experimenting with drag way concepts since 2012, when he released his solo album track “Animal”.

There is a drag queen in the musical. There are boys who are more girl-ish,

2AM's Jo Kwon Shares Thoughts On Gender, Mother's Reaction To Musical "Jamie," And More

On July 29, 2AM’s Jo Kwon sat down for an interview to talk about the musical “Jamie.”

Jo Kwon said, “‘Genderless’ has become my weapon. In the past, I was afraid of a neutral-gender image. If people said I looked prefer a woman, I would deny it. Now I don’t do that. If people say that I look like Choi Ji Woo or Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon, then that’s fine. I’m able to accept myself as I am. This is my long-lasting weapon in the future genderless age.”

In the musical “Jamie,” Jo Kwon plays Jamie, a teenager who overcomes prejudice in his dream to become a drag queen. Jo Kwon said, “There are drag queens and there are drag kings. There are girlish men and there are boyish women. Men can contain a lot of interest in beauty products. As the times change, I ponder that more people will open their minds to people like Jamie.”

Jo Kwon also talked about Bang Si Hyuk’s words of encouragement in choosing an artistic road. Recently, Jo Kwon’s 2012 song “Animal” featuring BTS’s J-

I’m so tired of Jokwon appropriating queer fashion and culture while hiding behind his label as a straight man. It was cute at first since campy concepts and performative makeup and fashion weren’t that mainstream in gen 2 Kpop, but child, come on. You either gotta man up and come out of the closet, or give up your heels. I grasp that Korean society may not be ready for a mainstream openly homosexual or queer idol, but you cannot use gender non-conforming culture to make currency while at the identical time distancing yourself from the queer label. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.

Straight people (particularly straight men) do not and will never have a place in queer spaces. We fought long and strenuous for the right to exist in society without persecution, and made these spaces for us. As long as Jokwon chooses to avoid the queer/gay label, he will not be one of us and will not own a place at the big gay table.

And for those straighties who claim someone else’s sexuality is none of my business, guess what? It is. I have the right to know his sexual orientation as long as he continues to exploit my identity and identity as a marketing ploy.

Being gay is not incorrect. Assuming someone is lgbtq+ i

Is Jo Kwon genderless? 2AM star speaks on LGBTQ issues in 2nd-gen K-pop

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: While idols, fans and TV programs love the queerbaiting identity of K-pop, when it comes to actual people of the LGBT+ collective, the general public seems to not acknowledge them. With South Korea entity a conservative country, they still have a elongated way to go regarding LGBT+ rights. Female idol Jiae shared that K-pop labels avoided her after coming out as multi-attracted while the first openly gay idol Holland is still to be approved by the mainstream industry. But that hasn’t bothered 2AM’s Jo Kwon.

Back in 2020, when he turned heads for playing flamboyant queen Jamie Campbell, the 2AM star had joint in an interview that he viewed himself as genderless. This led to some confusion among international fans who wondered if Jo Kwon meant agender and assigned him they/them pronouns. While gender pronouns don’t exist in the Korean language, Jo Kwon has now again clarified that he is genderless. While genderless comes under the category of agender, not all genderless people have preferred pronouns.

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