NHRC said, "Refusing to rent a lecture related to the Queer Festival violates the right to equality."

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea ruled that the refusal of local government agencies to rent lectures related to sexual minorities constitutes discrimination.

The Human Rights Commission recommended that the Seoul Museum of History and the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Public Interest Activity Support Center come up with measures to prevent a recurrence, including the revision of the ordinance, saying that it is discrimination.

In April, the organizing committee of the Queer Culture Festival applied to both organizations for a lecture invited by American human rights activist Sally Hooper. After being rejected, I filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission.

The agencies said they refused, saying it could disrupt the operation of the agency due to concerns about friction and social conflict with opposition groups, but the NHRC pointed out that citizens' activities should not be arbitrarily restricted because they are LGBTQ-related groups.