Out: Smashing Homophobia Project

"Out is the second installation from WOM, the Feminist Video Activism’s “Smashing Homophobia Project,” building on Lesbian Censorship in School 1 (2005). Founded in 2001, WOM aims to create a women’s movement through collective audio-visual works, with previous videos confronting war and sex trafficking. In Out, teenage lesbians in Korea use “self-camera” (video diaries) to reflect on their subjective struggles with coming out, rocky relationships and bisexuality. Out is a compilation of engaging stories: In Coming Out: “I have a boyfriend, how can I be lesbian?,” Chun-jae grapples with the fundamental confusion associated with sexual identity. In Outing: “Is this love or friendship?,” high school dropout Cho-i is going steady with a girl..