Korea Queer Festival & Pride Parade 2015 (퀴어문화축제 & 퍼레이드) - 🇰🇷 TRAVEL KOREA

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Marie and I went to the Korea Queer Festival and Pride Parade for 2015!!! The KQF had several events during Pride month, and all were amazing. The highlight, though, was definitely the Pride Parade, held on June 28th. It is estimated that about 20,000 ~30,000 people showed up for the month long events, and about 6,000 people actually marched in the Pride Parade. It was the largest turn out of supporters in the history of the event in Korea!!! What a great time for Korea! ^^ **NOTICE: Music at 11:51 was muted by YouTube because of copyright issues. The song was "Starship" by Nicki Minaj, so just pretend you're listening to that song while everyone is dancing in the streets. hehehe I went to the KQF in 2014 in Hongdae, and it was only a fraction of the size. The parade had just a few hundred people in it, and the events weren't big at all. I'm so happy to see how much the KQF has grown in just 2 years! I think the huge turnout had to do with the Korean courts ruling that Christian, anti-gay groups trying to block the Pride Parade were considered unjust, and a blocking of freedom of speech. Many Christian groups showed up outside of the event, and setup their protests. Their goal was to drown out the sounds with drumming and loud speakers. In my opinion, that's a very petty and un-Christian kind of thing to do. Do they really hate people so much that they will sink to the level of trying to make noise to drown out the music and laughter of happy, loving, and peaceful people? I think many people will agree that the Korean Police did a great job to barricade the event, to protect everyone inside, as well as doing a great job to keep the Christian protesters from coming inside or ruining our freedom to express ourselves. Thank you Korean Police! ^^ Anyway, please enjoy the video. Marie and I had a great time there, we met many nice people, and we were sooooo happy to see the successful and incident-free day go smoothly. ^^ This video is meant to share the love and energy from that day. There is no ill-will or negative intentions in this video. Permission was granted from many people who show up in this video. I asked first, they said "yes" and were very supportive. For further information and support, please visit these websites: Korea Queer Festival - http://www.kqfc.org 조각보 (Transgender information in Korea) - http://www.transgender.or.kr Beyond The Rainbow Foundation - http://rainbowfoundation.co.kr Korea Queer Archive - http://queerarchive.org LOVE CONQUERS HATE! ^^ Thank you for watching, we really appreciate the support! _____________________________________________________ We are Cory and Marie, and we love sharing Korea with you and hearing all your feedback. Get in touch! Connect with us: ✦ SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_CoryMay ✦Website: http://www.corymay.com ✦ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/corymaykorea ✦ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/corymay81 ✦ Twitter: http://twitter.com/corymay81 ✦ Google+: http://plus.google.com/+CoryMay81 Support us: ✦Purchase our monthly subscription box - Korea Curated (see below) ✦Make a donation: http://www.corymay.com/support _____________________________________________________ ♥︎Korea Curated Monthly Subscription Box♥︎ Do you want to receive a special package from us every month? We hand-pick awesome stuff created by local Korean artists, designers and companies. Then we hand-pack it and ship it to wherever you are in the world. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING included! Regular giveaways for subscribers and those who sign up for our newsletter list too! Don't miss your chance to win a round trip plane ticket to Korea when we reach 500 subscribers! ^^ Connect to @koreacurated ✦ Website: http://www.koreacurated.com ✦ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/koreacurated ✦ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/koreacurated ✦ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/koreacurated ✦ Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/koreacurated _____________________________________________________ What equipment do we film with? Sony A7s: http://amzn.to/1SBsD2t GoPro HERO 4 Black Edition: http://amzn.to/1PP4DIh Zhiyun Z1-Pround Stabilizer: http://amzn.to/1PP4MeW Edutige ETM-001 Microphone: http://amzn.to/1SBsUT6 _____________________________________________________ Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/QvhN/