Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (; SLRK) is an

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rights and counselling organization created on September 9, 1997 in

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. The current representative of the organization is

Kwak Yi-kyong Kwak Yi-kyong (, 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). In her earl ...

. Former representatives of the group were Jeong Yol and Chang Byongkeon. The group was first created as a students' LGBT club named the University Students' LGBT Human Rights Association (; literally ''Union for University Students' Homosexual Rights''), which was later expanded to include comprehensive LGBT's human rights and counseling groups the next years. On 1 March 2015, the Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (; literally ''Solidarity for Homosexual Rights'') reorganized to become the Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (; literally ''Active Solidarity for Sexual Minority Rights''). In 2013, the organization created the Yookwoodang Literary Award, given to Korean LGBT works of various genres, including poetry, fiction, and essays. The award was named in honor of

Yun Hyon-seok Yun Hyon-seok (; August 7, 1984 – April 26, 2003) was a South Korean LGBT poet, writer, and activist. He wrote under the pen names Yook Woo Dang (육우당, , ''home of six friends'') and Seolheon (), and was also known by his nickname Midong ...

, a gay rights activist and poet who used the pen name "Yook Woo Dang".

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