A Korean survival show participant is holding a wedding with her same-sex partner after an eight-year relationship.
On November 1st, Kill It: Style Creator War winner Kim Na Ra and her partner tied the knot and became a married couple. Although not legally recognized, they are starting the second chapter of their lives as a couple.
On the day before the wedding, Kim Na Ra shared, “No roadmap, just us. We wouldn’t have it any other way. Vroom vroom. Tomorrow.”
She continued, “After 8 years of loving each other, challenging norms, fighting for our place, and simply existing as ourselves in a country that still doesn’t legally recognize our love… WE’RE GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW!!!”
She added, “Yep. In South Korea, same-sex marriage is still not legal. We can literally go to register our marriage, and all we’ll get is a piece of paper telling us NO. How romantic, right? lol”
But she emphasized, “But here’s the thing. We don’t need permission to celebrate our love, and we’re definitely not waiting around for the world to catch up.”
She continued, “We want to show what it looks like to build a beautiful life together, unapologetically, on our own terms. Not because we have anything to prove, but because we deserve to live and love just as loudly and freely as anyone else.”
In particular, Kim Na Ra said, “And if our little love story can give even one queer couple out there the courage to believe in their own future, that would mean everything to us.” She added, “Here’s to love, to choosing each other, and to making our own damn way.”