Kwak Yi-kyong

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Kwak Yi-kyong (곽이경, 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).^[1][2]

In her early years, Kwak was involved with student movements. She was Vicechairman of Goryeo University's Students' Union.^[3] In 2002, she joined Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (SLRK). From 2004 to 2005 Kwak was Secretary General of SLRK.^[4]

In 2005, she was appointed to Education responsible of LGBT minorities Committee (성소수자위원회) of the Democratic Labor Party.^{[5][clarification needed]} She was also involved with the labor rights, human rights, AIDS rights, and Anti-war peace movements. In 2011 Kwak was appointed to the LGBT minorities Committee of the Democratic Labor Party.^[6] In 2013, she became adjunct policy director of the National Women's Union (전국여성노조).^[7]

In 2012, she was operational chairperson (운영위원장) of SLRK. In 2013, she was chairperson of SLRK.

• Chung Yeol
• LGBT rights in South Korea

• Photo of Kwak Yi-kyong protesting
• Facebook wall of Kwak Yi-kyong
• 우리는 거부한다, 편견과 차별과 폭력을! (in Korean) Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
• 곽이경:동성애자인권연대 운영위원장 (in Korean)

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