LGBTIQ Youth Support Center DDing Dong supports and protects sexual minority teens who confront crisis circumstances and guide them to live an independent life guaranteed of physical and mental well-being and self-esteem on ones sexual orientation and gender identity.

DDing Dong plans to become a multi-purpose organization that helps queer teens to rest, play, have meals, sleep, wash up, study, learn about human rights and supports them to be independent. It will also strive to become a professional safe house that operates 24 hours.

DDing Dong (띵동) is a Korean slang used among lesbian teens when they notice each other. It is also abbreviated to DDing(띵). The name DDing Dong was selected for the center hoping that it will become a platform to welcome teenagers and share their identities as well as to acknowledge each other’s obstacles and needs while overcoming and fulfilling them together.

Outreach (Street Counseling)
Emergency Supply (Underwear, Socks, Condoms, Sanitary Napkins, Toiletries)
Medical & Legal Consultation/Aid
First Aid (Digestives, Pain Killers, etc.)
Professional Counseling (Overcoming Trauma, Family Conflict, etc.)
Connections to Other Safe Houses

Refreshing
(Shower Room and Washing Machine Available for Use)
Refreshments (Sweets, Beverages)
Computers Available for Use
Sleeping Room Available for Use

Joining at the Dining Table
(Dine Together Program)
Summer Camp
Culture Programs (Yoga, Broadcasting Dance, Traveling Programs Directed by LGBTQ Teens)
Human Rights Education Programs

Crisis Consultation Case Presentation
Domestic/International Research on Human Rights Enhancement for LGBTQ Teens
Inclusive Counseling & Education among Youth Organizations, Teachers and Parents
Safe Zone Campaign

Coalition with Local Youth & Adolescent Education Organizations
Co-programming Human Rights Enhancement Education

Preparation for Housing Support (Full-Safe House-Support)

The logo of DDing Dong symbolizes a house made from a rainbow. Its wall conforms of six colors of the rainbow that sexual minorities are proud of. The roof of the house is a pink triangle. The shape of the walls comes from the shape of the Korean alphabet ㄸ and ㄷ, which are the first consonants of the syllables DDing and Dong. The pink triangle on the roof is the symbol in memory of the sexual minorities who died by the Nazis during World War 2. Whenever queer youth rings the doorbell, (“DDing Dong” - which is also a Korean onomatopoeia of the sound of the doorbell), the door of the rainbow house will be open for them. Underneath the pink triangle roof, DDing Dong will always be a safe haven for queer youth whom are various colors like the rainbow. DDing Dong will always be with Korean sexual minority teens so that they will not lose pride and confront hate with dignity.