‘I correct God’s mistakes,’ Korean sex change doctor (PICTURED)

In a country where the issue of discussing sexuality is almost taboo, Kim Seok-Kwun is known as the pioneer in changing views  sexuality and gender in South Korea.


The 61-year-old called the “father of South Korean transgender people” can be considered a rebel as he constantly helps people who want to have a sex change and has carried out over 320 sex change operations over the past 28 years, widely believed to be the most by any single doctor in the country.

Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun who started performing sex change surgeries in 1980 says he now feels a great sense of achievement  for helping people who feel trapped in the wrong body. He believes he’s correcting what he calls God’s mistakes.

He said,  “At first, I agonized over whether I should do these operations because I wondered if I was defying God. I was overcome with a sense of shame. But my patients desperately wanted these surgeries. Without them, they’d kill themselves.”

“Some people are born without genitals or with cleft lips or with no ears or with their fingers stuck together. Why does God create people like this? Aren’t these God’s mistakes?” Kim said. “And isn’t a mismatched sexual identity a mistake, too?”

Who agrees with the doctor?