i grew up in the korean church too and am queer myself. im no longer apart of the church (irregardless of my queerness) but i do want to have some sort of belief in my life however and i hope/wonder if that wholeness/firm standing that sung park speaks of is something i will ever find i actually wrote a short paper about mudangs in college and hope to learn more about them, although that would probably require me to read research in korean and also see mudangs in korea myself. i hope to see indigenous practices continue on and become stronger as we reconsider what imperialism has done to countries, and that includes korea. also, if sung park ever sees this- yes i do think it’s significant that you’re the only korean american trans mudang you’ve met. thank you for sharing the story of the family who brought u in. ive been spending a lot of time with my partner’s family and feel like i’m forcing myself into their home/stealing from them. hearing you speak about being embraced by your newer family makes me feel a little less lonely. you have a really fascinating story and i hope to see a mudang in person one day, maybe sung park lol. either way, thank u to the people who took part in the creation of this video ❤
