are a socially vulnerable minority group, and the state and local governments have the duty to protect them from being isolated from the community. Therefore, LGBTI events should not be restricted just because there are rallies or civil complaints against them.455) Local government administration towards minorities plays an important role in helping citizens to recognize the social minorities as members of the society. Therefore, restricting the LGBTI cultural events based on opinions, such as ‘why hold the queer culture festival in Seoul Plaza, which is a public space?’ or ‘why hold the queer culture festival at a location with many people gathering’ is giving a wrong perception that the LGBTI cultural events are unhealthy use of leisure.456) C) Duties and Roles of the Local Governments to Protect the Social Minorities It is a discriminatory act of violating the right to equal rights to give preferential treatment, exclusion, discrimination, or unfavorable treatment to a specific person in connection with the supply or use of goods, services, commercial facilities, and land on the grounds of sexual orientation without reasonable grounds. In 2011, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution demanding equal rights for homosexuals regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity,457) and Korea has voted in favor of each resolution of the UN Human Rights Council. The queer culture festival began as a protest against the American society that was hostile towards LGBTI people and to honor the human rights and dignity of LGBTI people. Since then, it has spread to Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa, and is now held annually in about 150 cities. The queer culture festival is meaningful as a movement in which sexual minorities can escape from a sense of isolation and feel a sense of community and pride by affirming each other’s existence through the practice of making visible their differences and existence in public places. 455) Human Rights Commission of Seoul, Recommendation on Denying the Non-Profit Corporate Status of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee, Nov. 2021. 456) Kim, Ji-hye, A Good Discriminator, 2019 457) UN Human Rights Council, Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, 2011. 7. 14.(UN Doc. A/HRC/RES/ 17/19) 190