5 underrated queer K-dramas that deserve a spot on your watchlist!

All of us have binged on a plethora of K-dramas surrounding heterosexual love stories but how many of us really know how a queer K-drama unfolds? Here’s 5 noteworthy ones to get started with!

The world is head over heels for Korean culture now more than ever! With K-dramas and K-pop taking over our lives in the best way possible, we see ourselves more and more drawn towards this culture for all its beautiful things! But while the culture glorifies art, it is also conservative in certain aspects. The LGBTQIA+ community falls under one of those conservative categories. Korea does not encourage being vocal about your sexuality and hence that reflects in its cinema too. It is as taboo as it can get. So to make a gay love story in a society where it is not even spoken about is a bold move to say the least! Over the recent few years, there has been a slight shift in narrative and LGBTQIA+ stories have started to see the light of the day. 

With Nevertheless in 2021 having a lesbian love story sub plot and BL K-dramas like Love in the Big City stirring conversations, it encouraged more filmmakers to tell queer stories. While these K-dramas are often boycotted online with their videos being taken down from Youtube and spreading hate for the cast on social media or not actively promoting it anywhere, we’re still seeing an increase in queer K-dramas than what it was a few years back. They don’t get the prime time slot on television and mostly have to release these dramas on apps like Viki, it still feels like a step in the right direction!

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Check out these queer K-dramas on Viki that you can binge on over a long weekend!

Where Your Eyes Linger

Where Your Eyes Linger revolves around Han Tae-Joo, the heir to a business empire, and his loyal bodyguard, Hyeon-woo. As they navigate their feelings for each other, the story delves into themes of class differences and unrequited love.

Color Rush

Color Rush is about a boy who can only see colours when he is near his soulmate. Hence he embarks on a journey of finding true love and self reflection. The K-dramas seamlessly blends fantasy with romance.

Semantic Error

Semantic Error follows the rivalry between Sang-woo, a computer science major, and Jae-young, his happy-go-lucky classmate. Their forced partnership on a project leads to unexpected romantic feelings. The series that is based on webtoon delves into themes of growth, rivalry, and the sweetness of newfound love.

To My Star

To My Star is about a popular actor Seo-Joon falling in love with his reserved chef Ji-Woo. It highlights the complexities of a same-sex relationship under the scrutiny of public life.

Nevertheless

While the leads in this K-drama aren’t queer, Nevertheless was still probably the first K-drama that had popular Korean actors be a part of a story that has a queer sub plot. It shows romance between two college going women who navigate how to confess their feelings to one another when they’re unsure if the other feels the same too!

Which of these queer K-dramas would you add to your watchlist? Let us know in the comments below!

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