"What was originally supposed to be a 20-day deliberation turned into a two-year debacle after an application to create the foundation was submitted in May 2024. The decision was repeatedly delayed over opposition from a conservative member of South Korea's human rights regulator, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRCK), who routinely voted against fellow members of the watchdog's standing commissioners."
"The Byun Huisu Foundation is named after trans South Korean Byun Hee-Soo, who took her own life in 2021 after she was discharged from the military for undergoing gender reassignment surgery. Her family vowed to continue legal action against the government."
"Committee members for the newly-created non-profit said it planned to fight for the procurement of LGBTQ+ rights in the East Asian country and would compel the government to recognise the dignity and rights of all transgender people."
South Korea has approved the creation of the Byun Huisu Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting transgender people from discrimination and transphobia. The foundation's approval came after nearly two years of deliberation, significantly longer than the originally planned 20-day process. A conservative member of South Korea's National Human Rights Commission repeatedly blocked the decision, prompting the foundation's organizers to sue. The Seoul Administrative Court ruled the delays illegal in December, forcing approval. The foundation is named after Byun Hee-Soo, a transgender military tank gunner who died by suicide in 2021 after being discharged for undergoing gender reassignment surgery. The foundation plans to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and compel government recognition of transgender dignity and rights.
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