students gathering of Seoul National University), Come Together (LGBTQ+ students gathering of Yonsei University). On June 28, 1998, KCHRAG merged with other LGBTQ+ human rights related organizations (for a total of 26 groups) and became the Korean Homosexuals Human Rights Association (한국동성애자 단체협의회, Han'guk tongsŏngaeja danch'e hyŏbŭihoe) through a public announcement made in T'apkol park (Jongro). This particular date was chosen as a commemoration of the Stonewall riots One of their first regular activities was to organize every summer starting 1995, a three-day "Summer Human Rights Camp". In 1997, Chingusai officially stood up as an organization advocating for LGBTQ+ human rights. It was also a significant year for the organization as they decided to concentrate their activities on raising awareness on HIV, destigmatizing the relationship between HIV and gay individuals, but also protecting HIV-seropositive human rights. The reason under that is that one of the first activists of Chingusai, Oh Junsu, was an HIV-seropositive who died in 1998. In May 1998, Chingusai established their headquarters in Jongro district, Nakwon-dong and a year after in 1999, they received with Kkirikkiri the Felipa de Souza Award from IGLHRC (International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission). 2001–2002: Apparition of online communities and difficulties In parallel with the apparition of groups advocating for LGBTQ+ human rights such as Chingusai, also appeared a lot of online communities (BBS) such as Xzone, Hwarang (actually Ivancity) and Tajinet. Those BBS were hosted on the major internet servers at that time (e.g. Hitel, Chollian or Nawnuri). One of the communities, Xzone (엑스죤), was asked by the Commission of Youth Protection (청소년보호위원회, Ch'ŏngsonyŏnbohowiwŏnhoe) and the Ethics Committee on Information and Communication (정보통신윤리위원회, Chŏngbot'ongshinyulliwiwŏnhoe) to shut down the page for displaying inappropriate content that they qualified under the label "homosexuality". Chingusai and other LGBTQ+ organizations/groups such as Hongkŏjimo, Donginryŏn, Bŏdi and the Seoul Queer Film Festival - reunited under the "Joint Task Force Opposing Discrimination against Homosexuals" (동성애자 차별 반대 공동 행동, ) - filed a lawsuit and succeeded in suppressing the label "homosexuality" and cancelling the decision of shutting down the website. First created in 1995, the influence of those online communities grew fast near 2001–2002. They made able for people to communicate instantly and anonymously, in opposition to Chingusai that was more focusing on offline meetings. This raising of popularity of online communities coincided with a period of financial and internal difficulties for Chingusai. Another attempt of unity