South Korean Gay Couple Sues National Health Insurer

 | 
02/25/2021

A South Korean gay couple sued the state health insurer over canceling coverage based on sexual orientation last week, an activist group told the Yonhap news agency. Couple So Seong-wook and Kim Yong-min filed a lawsuit against the National Health Insurance Service, the Korean Network for Partnership and Marriage Rights of LGBT told Yonhap. The NHIS revoked Seong-wook’s coverage as a dependant in October, previously provided under his partner’s program, pointing to the couple’s same-sex marriage, Yonhap reported. Since then, Seong-wook has been charged a separate premium, which the suit seeks to cancel. The NHIS grants insurance benefits to spouses of subscribers, and the denial of benefits based on gender is unfair, Seong-wook said in a press conference. South Korea does not legally recognize gay marriage, Yonhap reported. The couple has been married since May of 2019.

Regions: ,

Share this:

Latest Global News

Added on: 05/08/2024
05/07/2024
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival will take place in the capital’s streets this year, organisers of South Korea’s annual LGBTQ gathering said on Tuesday, …
Added on: 05/08/2024
05/07/2024
Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s …
Added on: 05/07/2024
05/06/2024
The arrest in Bangladesh of two lesbians who wanted to get married has drawn criticism from Paris-based human rights advocates. Asha Sinha, age 16,, …

Explore LGBTQ+ Issues

Other News from ,

Added on: 05/08/2024
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival will take place in the capital’s streets this year, organisers of South Korea’s annual LGBTQ gathering said on Tuesday, …
Added on: 05/07/2024
The arrest in Bangladesh of two lesbians who wanted to get married has drawn criticism from Paris-based human rights advocates. Asha Sinha, age 16,, …
Added on: 05/06/2024
I don’t know if such words somehow justify, with their naivety, the ignorance of what is happening to trans women in Iraq among queer …