Bollanga said displaying the flag was a way to send a message to BTS that the band's LGBT fans were in the crowd and supporting them. “I wanted to thank them in the name of the LGBT community,” she continued. “I wanted them to know that, more than just helping people, they’re helping a whole community that is going through hard times.



“So I just let people sign it, leave their mark on it, sometimes signing their names, their Twitter or Instagram, or with some jokes, something personal.”

Bollanga said the flag was also their way of supporting the LGBT community in South Korea. “The flag was inspired by an idea we’ve been having for a while, which was to help the LGBT community be accepted in South Korea, native country of BTS.

“In South Korea, LGBT people are still fighting for their rights, still not accepted, and still going through things that shouldn’t be accepted by any society. In a country that develops that fast, homophobia is something that should be erased, and should disappear with the new generation, with our generation.”

She added: “We can’t help the whole world, but we can fight for some people, give them strength, and spread some love where it’s still possible to do so. Of course, as with everything online, some people disliked it, making useless comments about the fact that it wasn’t ‘serious’ but, hey, as Namjoon says, ‘players gon' play, haters gon' hate.’”