[정치]Untimely queer festival controversy… after unification debate

[앵커]

Controversy continues over the remarks that a preliminary candidate Ahn Chul-soo of the National Assembly Party of Seoul has the right to reject the queer festival where LGBTQ people gather in a TV debate.

Candidate Ahn explained that it meant to move the queer festival out of the city center, but criticism continued over whether it was discrimination against minorities.

Reporter Kim Joo-young reports.

[기자]

Preliminary candidate Ahn Cheol-soo and independent candidate Geum Tae-seop, who participated in the first TV debate for the unification of the Third Zone, collided at an unexpected point.

Candidate Geum asked Ahn’s willingness to attend, saying that it was meaningful to go to the Mayor of Seoul to the queer parade where LGBTQ people gather.

[금태섭 / 무소속 서울시장 예비후보 (지난 18일) : (퀴어 퍼레이드에) 서울 시장으로 나간다면 작지만 중요한 변화를 만들어내고 서울을 글로벌 스탠다드에 맞는 도시로 만들 수 있다고 생각합니다. 퀴어 퍼레이드에 나가실 생각 있으십니까?]

Representative Ahn emphasized that despite opposing discrimination, the right to refuse to watch queer festivals should be respected.

[안철수 / 국민의당 서울시장 예비후보 (지난 18일) : 자기의 인권뿐만 아니라 타인의 인권들도 굉장히 소중한 것 아니겠습니까. 그런 것들을 거부할 수 있는 권리도 마땅히 존중받아야 된다는 생각을 가지고 있습니다.]

Right now, there was a strong backlash in the political world saying that it was a statement justifying hatred of LGBT people.

The Justice Party urged the mayor, who should guarantee equal rights for Seoul citizens, to apologize for promoting minority hatred and division.

[조혜민 / 정의당 대변인 (지난 19일) : 성 소수자를 비롯한 소수자들이 한국 사회에서 차별받지 않고 안전하게 살아갈 수 있는 권리를 위해 앞장서야 할 정치인의 발언이라고 믿기 어려울 지경입니다.]

Even the Progressive Party Mayor Song Myeong-sook pointed out that asking to hold an event in an invisible way is an expression of disgust, but is actually opposed.

Critics said that Ahn’s remarks about holding a queer festival away from the city center, taking San Francisco, USA as an example, are far from the truth.

This is because San Francisco Pride, a representative queer event, is held in the middle of the city under the auspices of famous companies such as Apple.

As the controversy continued, Candidate Ahn explained that it was not a matter of LGBT rights, but a matter of public morality and consideration for most heterosexuals.

As Candidate Ahn maintains the lead in the approval ratings of the Mayor of Seoul, this controversy is likely to reignite as it goes through the unification of opposition and the final election.

YTN Kim Joo-young[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]