7th Korea Queer Culture Festival (KQCF) Mujigae 2006
Official Title: 7th Korea Queer Culture Festival (KQCF) Mujigae 2006
Dates: 5/30 (Tues.)-6/11/2006 (Sun.) (13 days)
Venues: Jongro, Sincheon (near Hongik University), and Itaewon
Host: KQCF Organizing Committee
Sponsors: Arts Council Korea, Korean Film Council, Korea Association of Film Art and Industry, Alternative Cultural and Visual Generator Igong
Supporters: iSHAP, Happy Ivan, Ivan City, TG Net
Motto: Queer Pride, Happy Pride

Say that you’re happy.
Feel it. Don’t be afraid to say it. Proudly say, “I’m happy because I’m queer and I have a right to be happy.”

Even though the world insistently labels us sexual minorities as “different,” makes discrimination an everyday practice, and justifies its own ignorance and prejudice in the name of “custom” and the “majority,” we now know for sure that human dignity, worth, and happiness are not privileges requiring someone else’s permission.

Article 10 of the Korean Constitution says, “All citizens are assured of human worth and dignity and have the right to pursue happiness.” We don’t demand to be happier than others out of greed or to be the same as others out of envy. Our pride stems from our very existence and our self-confident happiness begins with a recognition of our own dignity and worth.

The KQCF Mujigae 2006 is a happy adventure, for it seeks to discover a wider world by dismantling the wall of this world, which forces conformity on us all. We must now fully sense, enjoy, and share our queer happiness and rights.

So, are you ready? Ready for happiness?you’re the truly proud queer.

● Purpose
Selected by unanimous agreement, “Queer pride, happy pride!” is the motto of Mujigae 2006. The KQCF wants to proclaim that we queers are happy precisely because happiness is a given right that we must proudly exercise.

Some bemoan that, unless the world is turned upside down and everyone becomes equal and all discrimination and oppression disappear, living as queers in this country will continue to be painfully difficult. The KQCF, however, does not simply sit and wait for that day when it will be OK for queer folks to be happy, for we believe that our happiness are is not a privilege requiring someone else’s permission.

Mujigae 2006 has been prepared as an arena where queer folks can freely express, enjoy, and share their dignity and joy as queers. The lucky, seventh parade will fill the streets of Seoul with the happy motion of queers. The refreshingly new queer parties will continue the exhilaration of the street parade simultaneously in Jongro, Itaewon, and Sincheon. The scope of the open forum has been widened to be even more inclusive. Better each year, the queer film festival boasts a delectable selection of choice works.

It’s not important whether happiness or pride comes first. Mujigae 2006 fervently wishes for only one thing: YOUR happiness. We strongly hope that you will be happier even by an inch precisely because you are queer. Even though they sadden us at times, the ignorance and prejudice of Korean society can never erase the happiness within our queer hearts. For we will continue to fight with our proud happiness, peacefully…!

Find your happiness at the KQCF Mujigae 2006!