Girl Group Member’s Coming Out As Transmasculine Met With Hot Reactions From K-Netz

XG‘s Cocona recently came out as transmasculine nonbinrary. They also revealed that they had undergone top surgery.

Popular Idol Comes Out As Transmasculine Nonbinary After Undergoing Top Surgery

Although many fans celebrated them living their truth…

…many netizens found it hard to accept. They wondered why Cocona would choose to be in a girl group when they had allegedly known for some time that the gender label never suited them.

• LOL, ugh, just don’t be in a girl group.
• Just let them be. Do you really have to write bad comments? If they were anti-Korean, just criticize them for that part only. It’s shocking how some of you are acting up about things that you don’t even know, just based on your emotions.
• Why did they enter a girl group then? If they’ve never considered themselves a girl throughout their lives, then don’t go for a girl group audition and you can just not promote. Are you kidding me? You earned as much as you can through being a girl group, and are famous now, so you’re not going to quit the group and of course fans will just say it’s fine and shield you when you reveal your mental illness.
• They’re K-Pop idols who are anti-Korean and don’t have a single Korean member. They don’t want to be female but want to be in a girl group. What are they doing?

Despite the negative reactions, Cocona still has their fans deeply rooting for them.

XG COCONA COMES OUT AS AFAB TRANS MASC NON BINARY 🥹🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH COCONA HAPPY BIRTHDAY ❤️ pic.twitter.com/vLOKqyDPC3

— ً (@alphazbarbie) December 6, 2025