Being Gay

as a lesbian people often ask me why tf i even read bl and honestly... idk why tbh. maybe bc i, a woman, will never be with them i lean more towards seeing them with other men. maybe bc i am in a same sex relationship id want to see others of the same sex happy in a similar state? maybe its just bc i hate the thought of a man going down on me so mu......   reply

bl doesn't really bother me, but it wouldn't hurt if the authors maybe did a little more research cuz damn they get a lot wrong   reply

Don't read BL recently, but my opinion is most of BL have a trop that I don't like (I'm straight, you're the only man I love), but when you search well you can find some masterpieces, really interesting stories about anything and really cute love stories that melt your heart I think BL helped me to approach the queer culture and learning to accept ......   reply

Gay man here, i just read it. Doesnt help or hurt my identity in anyway i just like reading it lol, i dont have much to say yare yare daze   reply

We engage with BL like we engage with fantasy and romance in general. A lot of it reads like an idealized, impractical fantasy similar to the rom-coms of the early 2000s. We live in a rape-apologist, nonconsensual, fat phobic, patriarchal culture so we expect that it diffuses into almost everything we consume tbh. Women are not exempt from gynephob......   reply

Broken? No. Act a different way/fake your feelings? Also no. Someone out there will love you in their own unique way so much so that they are able to appericate and love your personalilty to the fullest.Ya dont need to fake anything. You may not act a certian way in terms of displaying common emotions like jealousy but im sure theres other ways you......   1 reply

you are not broken for that; maybe you don't feel jealous because you trust your partner or you see it as a useless thing to feel. actually, it's a good thing you don't feel jealous you can build a healthy relationship for that; no offense to your ex-girlfriends I know you loved them but it was selfish of them to force you to feel jealous or try to......   1 reply