AP PHOTOS: LGBT people in conservative S. Korea find hopehttp://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/AP-PHOTOS-LGBT-people-in-conservative-S-Korea-6504989.php#photo-8633611SFGATE/Julie Yoon, Associated Press Updated 12:36 pm, Tuesday, September 15, 2015
"In this Aug. 11, 2015, photo, Edhi Park, 28, poses for a photograph at the cafe where "The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince," the 2007 TV drama where the protagonist is a female who disguises herself as a man, was filmed in Seoul, South Korea. Park, who identifies as a transgender female, struggled to cope with her body and how she felt in it throughout her adolescence. "[The show] gave me sense of hope that I could look pretty too like her and blend in," said Park, who watched the show while serving in the military."