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About DDing-Dong

Dding-dong!
Welcome to LGBTIQ Youth Support Center DDing Dong


LGBTIQ Youth Support Center DDing Dong provides consultation and support for LGBTIQ youth in crisis. 


We stand with LGBTIQ youth to ensure that their physical and mental well-being are protected, and that they lead autonomous lives rooted in self-esteem regarding their sexual orientation and gender identity. 


We operate a space where LGBTIQ youth can comfortably spend time and chat, and we are growing into a comprehensive organization providing help for self-reliance.

About the Space

We Welcome Any LGBTIQ Youth
in Need to Feel at Home


About the Space

We Welcome Any LGBTIQ Youth in Need to Feel at Home



We share meals and snacks.
'Kitchen'



A Dding Dong activist doing dishes in a kitchen stocked with condiments and ingredients.


Washing dishes in the kitchen
after having meal with LGBTIQ Youth



We freely discuss problems
that we can only share at DDing Dong.
'Counseling Room'



A cozy counseling room with two sofas facing each other under warm lighting.


Counseling Room in DDing Dong



We can take a shower
even while we’re homeless.
'Genderneutral Bathroom'


A private restroom with a shower booth.


A gender-neutral toilet and shower room in DDing Dong,
which is operated as a single-person toilet



We can have a comfortable rest, expressing our gender and reading queer themed books.
'Open Hall'


A Dding Dong activist organizing a binder in an open space with snacks, books, and a sofa.


In Open Hall, a person is organizing the binder
(chest compression garments),
which is a gender expression item


DDing Dong’s
7 Crisis Support Services
for LGBTIQ Youth

❶ Providing Space at DDing Dong


We not only provide meals and snacks, but also a showering facility for youth in need of shower due to homelessness or other reasons, as well as a lounge space where visitors can read queer-themed books, play games, and chat.


A sofa, rainbow-colored books, and a game console.



❷ Providing Daily Necessities


We provide daily necessities such as underwear, socks, condoms, sanitary pads, hygiene products, and face masks. We also have various pride merchandises for queer pride available for free.


Pads, socks, condoms, masks, and detergent.



❸ Shelter Referral and Housing Support


We connect LGBTIQ youth who need a place to stay with shelters or help them search for alternative housing options. We also help them seek resources necessary for self-reliance.


An illustration of a sprout growing in a house, symbolizing independence.


❹ Medical Consultation and Support


We provide consultation for health concerns including common colds, health check-ups, gynecological care less accessible for the youth, STI testing, and HIV/AIDS testing. When necessary, we refer the youth to LGBTIQ-friendly hospitals for treatment.


Medical icons including a hospital, test site, syringe, and medicine.


❺ Legal Consultation and Support


We listen to concerns about human rights violations and legal/institutional problems LGBTIQ youth face and provide legal information. For youth in need of lawyers’ assistance, we connect them with DDing Dong’s legal counsel or external pro bono lawyers.


An illustration symbolizing legal support with a rainbow flag, documents, and gavel.


❻ Psychological Counseling


We refer LGBTIQ youth who need help with various psychological difficulties, such as interpersonal problems, trauma, or suicidal ideation, to professional counseling services. In 2023, we appointed a dedicated counselor at DDing Dong and have been proactively providing internal counseling services.


A counseling table with notebook, pencil, water glass, and tissues.


❼ Emergency Living Expense Support



While DDing Dong does not provide direct financial support by principle, we provide, through internal discussion, emergency living expenses for LGBTIQ youth who lack even the most basic transportation and living expenses without the safety net from family/institutions. 



Icons of daily necessities, transport, and food above an envelope of money.


DDing Dong’s 2024 Activities in Numbers

4,733

We had 4,733 KakaoTalk communications through which we checked in on our youth or provided a light amount of information.


537

We provided 537 consultations to LGBTIQ youth through visits, phone calls, and other means.


11

We supported 11 LGBTIQ youth with CHRIS KIM SCHOLARSHIP.



163

We held 12 DDing Dong Restaurant events (including 1 in Busan and 1 in Daegu) for LGBTIQ youth, where 163 youth participated.



552

We provided 552 crisis support services including housing support, medical support, legal support, psychological counseling, gender expression goods, and livelihood & independence support.


134

We conducted 134 psychological counseling sessions with our dedicated counselor.




50

We delivered birthday cards and gifts to 50 transgender youth.




37

We conducted training (basic & advanced) for LGBTIQ youth consultation and support, where 37 youth organization professionals participated.


1,179

We provided 1,179 services of various kinds to 411 LGBTIQ youth who visited DDing Dong.



305

We delivered 305 monthly Rainbow Kits containing food and daily necessities to homeless LGBTIQ youth.




23

We visited 6 housing support organizations and 10 self-reliance support organizations for LGBTIQ youth and visited 7 youth organizations in Busan to explore the possibility of opening a regional branch.


1,209

We submitted signatures from 1,209 people who participated in the campaign “Tighter Mental Safety Net for LGBTIQ Youth”