Lives of LGBT South Koreans
By Jeanine W. (24)— In 2017, 23-year-old Byun Hee Soo (변희수) enlisted in the military, and following her gender reassignment surgery in 2019, she became the first openly transgender soldier in South Korea. Unfortunately for Hee Soo, her loss of male genitals was classified as a disability and she was forcibly discharged in January 2020. She went to court, pleading
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