Rainbow Teen Safe Space

Last December DDingDong held "PRIDE PARTY" with 50 LGBTQ teenagers. Cosmetic Brand 'LUSH' sponsored this events. We handed out Pride Passport that contained 'Human Rights List for LGBTQ Youth' And there were various booths like tarot cards, HIV/AIDS quiz, make-up, snacks etc.

We counseled 31 LGBTQ youths in Nov, 25 in Dec, 39 in Jan and 25 in Feb. And we support LGBTQ youths in crisis providing food, daily necessities, medical services, counselling and so on.

We hosted DDingDong Lunch(Totobob) total 4 times for this four month. And more than 40 LGBTQ Youth visited Totobop and had lunch together. (10 people each lunch). Especially this semester, we visited other region of korea, Gwangju so we could meet local LGBTQ youths in there.

We continued outreach program, DDingDong Pocha(Korean Style Bar), it is held every first Saturday night of every month. We share some food and snack. And they can play some board games and if they want they can get a counselling. And we gave many condoms, lubricants, sanitary pads, lip balms, wet wipes, socks, underwears, vitamins and so on. There were 61 visitors in Nov, 76 in Dec, 54 in Feb.

DDing Dong sincerely appreciates the fans that who have supported us under the name of 'SHINee Jonghyun'.

We are sorry to share such heartbreaking and tragic news that SHINee member Jonghyun left us suddenly. Nevertheless, there were fans who have supported DDing Dong through GlobalGiving (https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/rainbow-teen-safe-space). Within two days of December 19 and 20, we have received more than $4000 in total from 173 fans aaround the world. The sudden news is indeed heart-aching, however we think it is a surprise gift from Jonghyun who cared about others more than anyone.

Jonghyun meant a lot to DDing Dong as he once raised his voice about the discrimination that LGBTQ individuals suffer in Korea. Also, this support comes to a very special meaning to DDing Dong as it encourages LGBTQ fans of Jonghyun who are grieving for the passing of Jonghyun.

We will make sure to use the fund received under the name of Jonghyun for homeless LGBTQ individuals.

As Jonghyun once supported LGBTQ individuals mentioning 'Difference is not wrong, I do support you'. We hope that the great artist, Jonghyun will stay in our hearts forever.

Thank you.

This July we held a booth on Korea Queer Culture Festival 2017 as usual and distributed "Pride Passport" which includes Human Rights Lists(Yogyakarta Principles), my own flag page and stamp pages. And also we handed out popsicles to LGBTQ Youths for free.

We counseled 23 LGBTQ youths in July, 31 in August and 25 in September. And we support LGBTQ youths in crisis providing food, daily necessities, medical services, counselling and so on.

We hosted DDingDong Lunch(Totobob) total 4 times for this three month. And more than 40 LGBTQ Youth visited Totobop and had lunch together. (10 people each lunch). Especially this semester, we visited other regions of korea (Daejeon and Daegu) so we could meet local LGBTQ youths in those area.

We continued outreach program, DDingDong Pocha(Korean Style Bar), it is held every first Saturday night of every month. We share some food and snack. And they can play some board games and if they want they can get a counselling. And we gave many condoms, lubricants, sanitary pads, lip balms, wet wipes, socks, underwears, vitamins and so on. Every month more number of LGBTQ youths are coming so it was more than 60 in September.

We counseled 23 LGBTQ youths in April 2016, 21 in May and 32 in June. And we support LGBTQ youths in crisis providing food, daily necessities, medical services, counselling and so on.

We hosted DDingDong Lunch(Totobob) twice a month, total 6 times for three month. And more than 60 LGBTQ Youth visited Totobop and had lunch together. (10 people each lunch)

* 15th Apr, 2017 / Host - Song Hyun-Min(Teacher), Yeon-Ji(Farmer) / Program - Queer Literature

* 27th Apr, 2017 / Host - Voyagers who resist against gender binarism / Program - Gender Queer Talk Show

* 13th May, 2017 / Host - Lois form Google Korea / Program - What is "Machine Learning“

* 20th May, 2017 / Host - GyoyukSangSang(NGO for local education) / Program - the right to work for LGBTQ Youth

* 17th June, 2017 / Host - DDIngDong Staffs / Program - I want this kind of school (Daejeon)

* 25th June, 2017 / Host - DDIngDong Staffs / Program - I want this kind of school (Daegu)

We held booth campaign in Seoul Human Rights Film Festival, Seoul International Women's Film Festival, Daegu Queer Culture Festival

We continued outreach program, DDingDong Pocha(Korean Style Bar), it is held every first Saturday night of every month. We share some food and snack. And they can play some board games and if they want they can get a counselling. And we gave many condoms, lubricants, sanitary pads, lip balms, wet wipes, socks, underwears, vitamins and so on.

We counseled 42 LGBTQ youths in December 2016, 37 in January and 38 in February. And we support LGBTQ youths in crisis providing food, daily necessities, medical services, counselling and so on.

We hosted DDingDong Lunch(Totobob) twice a month, total 6 times for three month. And 60 LGBTQ Youth visited Totobop and had lunch together. (10 people each lunch)

* 10th Dec, 2016 / Host - DDingDong Staffs / Program - Make a wish for happy 2017

* 11th Feb, 2017 / Host - DDingDong Staffs / Program - DDingDong Magic(Magic Trick Class)

* 18th Feb, 2017 / Host - DDingDong Staffs / Program - Let's make my own unique ID Card!

We continued outreach program, DDingDong Pocha(Korean Style Bar), it is held every first Saturday night of every month. 17 LGBTQ Youth visited in Dec's Program and 22 in Feb’s. We share some food and snack. And they can play some board games and if they want they can get a counselling. And we gave many condoms, lubricants, sanitary pads, lip balms, wet wipes, socks, underwears, vitamins and so on.