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Korean "openly-gay" filmmaker, Gwang-su Kim-jo married his parter, Seung-whan Kim on 7th of September, 2013. For several days, the wedding was one of the most-frequently-searched key words on the net. They told they would submit the legal document as a marriage and conduct further steps like starting legal claims for equal rights to get married. Wow. I hope this would be one small step to lead a grand finale.

Documentary on four gay men in 2000s. One film directer. One activist. One chef. And one salaryman. They're leading extradordinary lives in their own ways; making queer movies, acting as a gay activist; being a member of a gay chorus; partnered with a man with HIV+. There were laughters and tears, even a death to my surprise. I got so relieved that I had the chance to see this movie at LGBT film festival.

Just Friends is the 2nd film by Kwang-su Kim-jo, the director of "Boy meets a boy" and producer of "No Regret". His 1st film "Boy meets a boy" deals with the love between teenagers. The director says that he was frequentely asked if he was doing the sequel to it. "Just Friends" could be one in a way that it deals with love between friends in their 20's. In Korean, the title of this movie is "Chin-gu-sa-i". It's also the name of a famous LGBT organization of Korea. The name also express the status of Korean minorities who cannot fully express their relationship with their same-sex partner. Instead of saying "We're lovers", they tend to answer "Us? We're just friends" if asked. Back to the movie, In Korea, most men in their 20s has to serve in the army for 2 years. It can be hard for anyone, but it can be harder for gays and trans-gendereds. The movie starts with a man who visits his love...

Boy Meets Boy is a Korean short film dealing with love affairs between high school mates. The director of this movie produced another Korean queer movie, No Regret. BMB is an autobiographical story of the director who's a renowned movie producer in Korea. According to his interview, finding and accepting his own sexual orientation wasn't that hard for him, unlike in most queer movies. He accepted himself with joy and so did his family and friends, I read from articles. Because it's a short film I don't know if I can get any chance to watch this film. But I hope that I'll have the opportunity.