Yun Hyon-seok
- January 11, 2024
- Poet
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Yun Hyon-seok |
| Date Of Birth | Aug 7, 1984(1984-08-07) |
| Age | 40 |
| Date Of Death | April 26, 2003, Heunginjimun, Seoul, South Korea |
| Birthplace | Incheon |
| Country | South Korea |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Yun Hyon-seok Biography
| Birthday | Aug 7 |
| Birth Year | 1984 |
Yun Hyon-seok is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on August 7, 1984 in Incheon, South Korea.
Yun Hyon-seok (Korean: 윤현석 ; Hanja: 尹賢碩 ; August 7, 1984 – April 26, 2003) was a South Korean LGBT poet, writer and LGBT activist. He committed suicide in protest against discrimination against homosexuals in South Korea. During his life, he fought against social discrimination, racism and homophobia.
South Korean fundamentalist Christians and some South Korean Christian denominations hated on homosexuality. For a long time, fundamentalist Christians and some Christian denominations believed that homosexuals and transgender individuals were “crazy”. In the year 2000, Yun disputed with them. Yun insisted that homosexuality was not a mental illness and that it was personal taste. Although Yun was a devout Catholic, there was an immense amount of criticism by Christianity on homosexuality. It is known that he largely despaired.
Yun Hyon-seok Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yun Hyon-seok is one of the richest Poet from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yun Hyon-seok 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Hyon-seok was born in 1984, at Bupyong, Incheon. He was born into a devoted Roman Catholic family, and was baptised with the name “Antonio”. His family were school teachers. He was bullied throughout his school years, and eventually dropped out of Incheon High School in 2002. As a result of this bullying, he often took tranquillisers, and sleeping pills. In 1999, Yun was part of discussions and disputes on the Internet forums, and endured a great deal of homophobia until his death. Yun created an Interpia 98 homepage, but his website was visited by an internet terrorist, and due to personal attacks in 2002, he closed his homepage.
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In autumn of 2002, Yun sought after more volunteers or full-time employees for the Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea. His earnest desires were approved for March of the following year.
Facts & Trivia
Emma Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Yun Hyon-seok celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.
He awoke to his sexual identity during his time in middle school. He was recognized for his sexual identity problems, and as a result of this, he was picked on. Later he was excluded by his peer group and his neighbourhood due to discrimination. On October 8, 2002, he was sent to a psychiatric clinic by his family, despite his emphatic claims that he was not a psychopath. He was dependent on green tea (녹차), rosary, tobacco, alcohol, foundation and hypnotics, which became known metaphorically as his “six friends” as Korean writer Kwak Byong-chan was based on his one nickname Yook Woo-dang, which also means “six friends” in the Hangul language. In his last years of life, it was Yun’s favorite phrase for the majority of his activity and content, and was used as a signature.