Opposition to 'Queer Festival' by Hong Jun-pyo: "Are Only the Rights of 1% Sexual Minorities Important?"

The court has permitted the Daegu Queer Culture Festival scheduled for the 17th, but Hong Jun-pyo, the mayor of Daegu, has expressed opposition, saying, "Are only the rights of sexual minorities important?"

On the 15th, Mayor Hong stated on his social media (SNS), "Are the rights of sexual minorities, who make up less than 1%, the only ones that matter, while the rights of the 99% sexual majority do not? If you want to hold a rally, go somewhere else," expressing his stance.

On the same day, the Daegu District Court dismissed the injunction request to ban the rally filed by the Dongseongno Merchants Association and the Christian Federation against the organizers of the Queer Festival.

Mayor Hong said, "It is also unacceptable that the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions illegally occupies the Gwanghwamun road to hold rallies, but it is absolutely intolerable that the Daegu Queer Festival illegally occupies a busy road in downtown Daegu where about 80 public buses pass every hour," adding, "The illegal rally occupying a busy road, which makes 99% of citizens uncomfortable, lacks public interest."

Mayor Hong has also refused the police's request for cooperation in traffic control related to the Queer Festival. He said, "Illegal road occupation will not be tolerated. Illegal road occupation constitutes an obstruction of traffic offense."

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