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chung yeol minsuk jeong yol
 jun yeol 민석 minseok 정욜
jeong yol

jeong yol -lrb- ; born october 19 , 1978 -rrb- is a south korean lgbt rights activist .
since the foundation of solidarity for lgbt human rights of korea -lrb- 동성애자인권연대 同性愛者人權連帶 , slrk -rrb- in 1997 , he has been an early member of slrk .
from 1998 to 2012 , he had been a representative of slrk .
his real name is jeong min-suk -lrb- 정민석 -rrb- .
during the college time , he acknowledged that himself was gay .
later , while serving his mandatory military service , he came out as a homosexual .
then , his commanding officer took him to a mental hospital .
after his discharge , he worked as a pastry chef for six years .
in 1997 , he joined slrk .
in 2000 , he spent more time primarily for slrk , from 2002 to 2012 , he has been a representative of slrk .
in february 2003 , the word `` homosexual '' was pointed as harmful word for youth by south korean government .
so he struggled against the government with kwak yi-kyong , chang pyong-kwon and others .
in april 2004 , banning of word `` homosexual '' for youth was eliminated in south korea .
in 2003 , he led a movement for the elimination of discrimination against lgbt .
in 2004 , he joined anti-war and peace movements .
since 2006 , he has fought for people living with hiv 's rights .
