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Bryan Ke

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span><b>His Man 2” co-stars Lee Jun-seong and Shin Seong-ho, known collectively as “JunSeongHo,” are set to make history by becoming the first gay couple to be featured on the cover of Dazed Korea.</b></p>
<p><b>Breaking barriers:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Lee and Shin, who became a couple after finding love on South Korea’s first dating show for gay men, “His Man 2,” will appear on lifestyle magzine Dazed Korea&#8217;s cover for its September issue, the company </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://twitter.com/DazedKorea/status/1694228032645730387" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">announced</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Wednesday.</span></p>
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<p>국내를 비롯해 해외에서도 뜨거운 반향을 불러일으키고 있는 &lt;남의연애 2&gt;의 중심에 선 준성과 성호, 이른바 ‘준성호’. 촬영이 끝난 후 모두가 바라던 현실 커플이 된 이들의 첫 패션 화보와 인터뷰.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%EC%9D%B4%EC%A4%80%EC%84%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#이준성</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%B1%ED%98%B8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#신성호</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%EC%A4%80%EC%84%B1%ED%98%B8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#준성호</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%EB%82%A8%EC%9D%98%EC%97%B0%EC%95%A02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#남의연애2</a> <a href="https://t.co/AcmCDL6JEd">pic.twitter.com/AcmCDL6JEd</a></p>
<p>— DAZED KOREA 데이즈드 코리아 (@DazedKorea) <a href="https://twitter.com/DazedKorea/status/1694228032645730387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><b>What Dazed Korea is saying:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> In an Instagram</span> post<span style="font-weight: 400;">, Dazed Korea wrote that the couple is “causing a hot sensation not only in Korea but also abroad” after their appearance in “His Man 2.” The Dazed Korea feature will reportedly be Lee and Shin&#8217;s first “pictorial and interview” after becoming a real couple, which “everyone wanted after the show.”</span></p>
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<p><b>Hoping for change:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> In an interview with </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://dazedkorea.com/fashion/article/2354/detail.do" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dazed Korea</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Lee </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.ibtimes.com/junseong-seongho-are-first-gay-couple-featured-dazed-korea-3709515" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> he hopes that one day the world “will become better and that prejudice will disappear,” and that their positive impact on how South Korea views the </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://nextshark.com/tag/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LGBTQ+</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> community could “be one of those precedents.”</span></p>
<p><center><iframe loading="lazy" title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Hke9pBltVI?si=TCImOFniYtQmzVdX" width="800" height="450" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start">﻿</span></iframe></center><b>Sigh of relief:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The couple also revealed that they both </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://bltai.com/korea/his-man-2-junseong-being-inspiration-to-queer-people-in-korea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">felt relieved</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> after the show wrapped filming and the final episode aired, with Shin noting that while it was still airing, the two &#8220;couldn’t even go out on a date.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><b>About &#8220;His Man&#8221;:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The show follows eight men as they live together and build romances. “His Man 2” premiered in June, and the final episode was released on Aug. 4. The series can be watched on </span><a href="https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/3439/his-man-2022-s02e01"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GagaOOLala</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://www.iq.com/album/his-man-season-2-2023-1bpwih1wo7l?lang=en_us"><span style="font-weight: 400;">iQIYI</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.viki.com/tv/39171c-his-man"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rakuten Viki</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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