Kwak Yi-kyong explained

Hangul:곽이경
Hanja:!
Rr:Gwak Yi-gyeong
Mr:Kwak Yigyong

Kwak Yi-kyong (Korean: 곽이경, born 1979) is a South Korean LGBT human rights activist, civil rights activist, and labor rights activist. From 2012 to the present, she has been a representative of Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea(SLRK).[1] [2]

In her early years, Kwak was involved with student movements. She was Vicechairman of Goryeo University's Students' Union.[3] In 2002, she joined Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (SLRK). From 2004 to 2005 Kwak was Secretary General of SLRK.[4]

In 2005, she was appointed to Education responsible of LGBT minorities Committee (성소수자위원회) of the Democratic Labor Party.[5] She was also involved with the labor rights, human rights, AIDS rights, and Anti-war peace movements. In 2011 Kwak was appointed to the LGBT minorities Committee of the Democratic Labor Party.[6] In 2013, she became adjunct policy director of the National Women's Union (전국여성노조).[7]

In 2012, she was operational chairperson (운영위원장) of SLRK. In 2013, she was chairperson of SLRK.

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  1. http://stoo.asiae.co.kr/news/stview.htm?idxno=2013070309082876449 "동성애 부적절하다는 인식 먼저 바뀌어야"
  2. http://left21.com/article/13641 “혐오가 판치는 세상에는 민주주의도 없습니다”
  3. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=081&aid=0000044424 “아기업고 등교 하세요”
  4. http://legacy.www.hani.co.kr/section-005000000/2004/12/005000000200412101845118.html 인권위, 박형규·조준희씨에 감사패
  5. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=121&aid=0000001679 18~21일, ‘전쟁과 변혁의 시대’
  6. http://www.newdaily.co.kr/news/article.html?no=97317 '다함께'의 정체는? 숙주 자살케 하는 ‘연가시’?
  7. http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201305290600055&code=940702 [왜 지금 ‘여성 일자리’인가] 정규직 남자 중심의 노조, 주요 사안에서 여성 문제는 늘 뒷전] 경향신문 2013.05.29