Volunteers spray disinfectant in the Itaewon district of Seoul after a cluster of cases linked to its nightclubs. Yonhap/EPA May 15, 2020 Gay Korea: homophobia sparked by Seoul coronavirus cluster driven by Protestant right Sini-Petriina Klasto, University of Sheffield and Allan C Simpson, SOAS, University of London Seoul has a bustling queer community, but LGBTQ+ people in South Korea face ongoing stigma.