“Why Were We Born This Way?” Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

Season 4 Episode 2

Radhika and K^2 from the GoGoGayo! Podcast join us for a discussion about LOVE IN THE BIG CITY BY SANG YOUNG PARK, translated by Anton Hur. Spoilers abound! Some mature subject matter is discussed.

• Queerness in KPop - GoGoGayo! Podcast

• Author Talks: Sang Young Park 박상영 - The Korea Society [YouTube]

• [Duet] Dear Sang Young — by Alexander Chee [Korean Literature Now]

• To All the Gays of Seoul: On Translating Sang Young Park - by Anton Hur [LitHub]

• A Q&A with Anton Hur, translator of Love in the Big City [Grove Atlantic]

• Meet The Queer Activist Scholar Taking On the Korean American Christian Right - Article on Ju Hui Judy Han [LAist]

• Conservative Party Wins Big in South Korean Local Elections [New York Times]

• Discrimination against people with HIV rampant: UN study [The Korea Herald]

• Blued launches HIV awareness campaign in South Korea together with influencers and NGOs [GlobeNewsWire]

• DingDong - Korean LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis Center. 

• Beyond the Rainbow Foundation - Korean LGBTQ+ Foundation. 

• Korea Foundation for HIV/AIDS Prevention (KHAP) - provides free and anonymous HIV/AIDs and STI testing for foreigners living in Korea. 

• Ivan Stop HIV/AIDS Project (iSHAP) - Provides free and anonymous HIV/AIDs and STI testing in Korea. 

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