‘The conversation just dies’: LGBTQ+ students reflect on life on Korean campuses

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• ·Queer international students describe their university experiences as shaped less by open rejection than by limited awareness and institutional support For most international students, arriving in Korea means navigating a familiar set of challenges: keeping up with classes, making friends and adjusting to a new culture.
• ·For LGBTQ+ students, however, another question often lingers beneath those concerns: How welcoming will this country be?
• ·Miko Fusco, from the United States, arrived in Korea expecting the worst.
• ·"Before coming here, I thought it would feel like a prison in that regard," Fusco, who is now studying business at Korea University, said in an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily.
• ·"The impression came from social media because that's where we see inflated stories of people's bad experiences, which can spread misinformation and lead to broad generalizations." "I was surprised when I realized that Koreans are not hostile to LGBTQ+ people.