▲ The Incheon Queer Culture Festival held last year
Incheon City has lost its appeal in an administrative lawsuit filed after the city refused to approve the Incheon Queer Culture Festival at Incheon Aetdeul, the plaza in front of City Hall.
The 2nd Administrative Division of the Seoul High Court's Incheon Circuit (Presiding Judge Lim Young-woo) dismissed the city's appeal in a lawsuit filed by the Incheon Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee against Incheon City to cancel the rejection of their application to use Incheon Aetdeul.
The specific grounds for the dismissal of the appeal have not been disclosed.
Previously, the organizing committee submitted an application in August of last year to hold the 8th Queer Festival at Incheon Aetdeul, but the city did not approve it, citing reasons such as the maintenance of public order.
The organizing committee filed an administrative lawsuit asking for the cancellation of the decision and won the first-instance trial in February of last year.
The city subsequently approved the organizing committee's application to use Incheon Aetdeul this year.
As a result, the 9th Incheon Queer Culture Festival was held at Incheon Aetdeul for the first time on October 17.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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