--- title: Sungsub Billy Choo | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/author/sungsub-billy-choo/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sungsub-billy-choo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sungsub Billy Choo ## Sungsub Billy Choo ## Sungsub Billy Choo * ![지난 6월 21일, 이태원 보광동에 있는 자신의 집에서 박에디씨를 만나 이야기를 나눴다. 박씨는 코로나19 판데믹이 시작하기 바로 직전인, 그리고 트랜스젠더 혐오가 한국 사회에 퍼지기 시작한 시점인 2020년 1월부터 이 아파트에 살았다. 변희수 하사의 전역처분과 숙명여자대학교의 트랜스젠더 합격생이 트랜스젠더 혐오적인 분위기에 입학을 포기했던 사건들을 두고 박씨는 “코로나도 코로나지만 이 한국사회에 트랜스젠더 혐오가 장난 아니었어요” 라고 회상한다. “성별 정정이 됐는데도 불구하고 학교를 갈 수 없는? 한 트랜스젠더 여군은 가겠다고 하니 오지말라 그러고… 어쩌라는건지 모르겠어요.” 라며 박씨는 이렇게 기본적인 권리조차 지켜주지 않는 환경이 자신을 좌절하게끔 만들었다 하였다. “저는 2개월간 다섯 번의 장례식을 간거에요. 왜 상처 나면 약바르고 딱지가 지잖아요. 딱지가 지고나서 벗겨지면 흉터가 남는데. 지금 딱 딱지 과정인 것 같아요. 그리고 내 집이 저에게는 \[상처를 돌볼 수 있는\] 안전한 곳이죠.”](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79bfcfdbe37e0df6/698a1ccab3fce3c48b0c84b5/LGBTQ-south-korea-antidiscrimination-1-korean.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Sep 13, 2021 ### [차별금지법과 평등한 세상을 향한 한국 성소수자들의 소망](https://time.com/6097281/%ec%b0%a8%eb%b3%84%ea%b8%88%ec%a7%80%eb%b2%95%ea%b3%bc-%ed%8f%89%eb%93%b1%ed%95%9c-%ec%84%b8%ec%83%81%ec%9d%84-%ed%96%a5%ed%95%9c-%ed%95%9c%ea%b5%ad-%ec%84%b1%ec%86%8c%ec%88%98%ec%9e%90%eb%93%a4/) [WORLD](/section/world/) * ![Park Edhi poses for a portrait at her home in Itaewon, Seoul, on June 21. Park moved into this apartment in January 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic. Transphobia was also running high. "Hatred was just pouring out. It was an incredibly difficult time," says Park. Referring to the high-profile dismissal and death of Sgt. Byun Hee-soo, as well as the case of a transgender student who faced backlash for getting acceptance to a women's university, Park says: "Even with gender confirmation surgery, not being able to go to school? Or a transwoman soldier who wanted to serve but couldn't ... What are we supposed to do?" Park says the lack of policies to protect basic rights has left her in a state of hopelessness. "I went to five funerals in two months. You know how, when you get wounded, you put medicine on it and the wound scabs over? I'm in that scab period. And this home is my safe space."](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7f3bcbff6b610a5/698a1ccf16d8843279c39b56/LGBTQ-south-korea-antidiscrimination-1b.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Sep 13, 2021 ### [LGBTQ Koreans Eager for Anti-Discrimination Bill](https://time.com/6094503/south-korea-lgbtq-discrimination/) South Korea could be about to pass anti-discrimination legislation, but for queer Koreans the fight ... [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sungsub-billy-choo/","name":"Sungsub Billy Choo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sungsub-billy-choo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sungsub-billy-choo/"},"name":"Sungsub Billy Choo","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sungsub-billy-choo/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```