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Recently, a group infection from the club at Itaewon Club Corona19 caused most minority groups to cancel most of the planned events. Experts say that the stinging gaze towards them at this point is no better for the safety of our community.

Reporter Bae Jeong-hoon.

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past two years, on a rainy day or a dark night, this is a meeting that shouted the human rights of sexual minorities.

But this year, things have changed.

Along with concerns about Corona19 infection, recent minority groups from Itaewon Club decided to significantly reduce the events they met.

[Nam Woong / Corona 19 Sexual Minority Emergency Response Headquarters Activist: (instead of an external event) Several groups made a resolution to create an emergency headquarter. (Sexual minorities) There are a lot of questions in the inspection process. Counseling is also being conducted on that.]

Foreigners who have been carefully looking at Korea due to successful prevention are also paying attention to the hate of sexual minorities that have been raised since the recent Itaewon group infection.

"An anti-homosexual sentiment remains strong in a conservative country," said a human rights activist, saying that discrimination against sexual minorities is still widespread in South Korea, and that some of the homosexuals suffer from hate crimes. "

Foreigners have especially diagnosed the problem of deep-rooted sexual minority discrimination as raising concerns about further infection.

[Dr. Choi Sun-Hwa / National Cancer Center: (Infected) If 30% is not found, 30% of patients do not develop more, but increase by about 200%. Finding patients is very important, and since there are hidden patients, corona won't end if you don't find them.]

Experts point out that it is only a barrier to slow hate, stigma, and disinfection against social minorities.