In a setback for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld the article of the country’s Military Criminal Act that prohibits same-sex activity between soldiers and allows for punishments of up to two years in prison.
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(CTN News) - The local LGBTQ community in South Korea is disappointed that the Constitutional Court maintained a law prohibiting same-sex interactions in the
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld a law banning same-sex relations in the military, citing a threat to combat readiness, in a judgment decried by the local LGBTQ community as a disappointing setback.
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld a law banning same-sex relations in the military, citing a threat to combat-readiness, in a judgment decried by the local LGBTQ community as a disappointing setback.