Drag queen Hurricane Kimchi has been tearing through Seoul’s nightlife scene like her meteorological namesake for a decade. She’s part of a burgeoning LGBTQ community breaking down closet doors in South Korea, where gay marriage is banned and annual Pride celebrations attract vicious religious backlash.
Using 한국야동 , this article examines how a community of gay South Korean porn consumers used Tumblr to co-construct a pornography platform under government censorship.