LGBT Folks - How do you feel about BL?

As a gay person myself, when I was first discovered BL, I was very happy. I thought I could relate the characters, and that it was great representation. But, as I grew older, I realized that most(not all) depicted unhealthy relationships, and essentially stereotyped gay people(to some extent). Like the whole "uke" and "seme" thing. We don't really ......   1 reply

I'm asexual and I know some people do not think asexuals fall into the LGBT spectrum, but I still want to give my two cents regarding your questions. The only smut I read is shonen-ai/yaoi. I'll sometimes read/watch hetero hentai, but my go-to overwhelmingly is yaoi. Honestly I don't feel that my enjoyment of yaoi in anyway affects my personal ph......   reply

Lesbian. I don't like overly effeminized guys, they are basically bitchy girls with poorly attached, anatomically incorrect penises. Kind of stupid seme-uke divide really bothers me. I'm straight but gay only for you theme, rapes that are justified because someone just wants to do it and the other party after being raped once or several times will......   2 reply

As trans and bisexual, I don’t really think that BL has affected me or ‘helped’ me with my identity in any way. BL will always be BL, meaningly a story for you to enjoy reading. The majority of bl does not apply to reality, (meaning, I might read rapey bl, but that doesnt mean I would want myself or anyone in real life in a similar situation)......   reply

I feel like I'm one of very few that reads BL for the plot. I'm a huge lesbian and I would definitely read more GL if it had better storylines, plot structure, character development, etc. Unfortunately good GL is really hard to find because its either straight up porn, really poorly drawn/written, or left unfinished. (The few that aren't those thin......   3 reply

I’m a female Pansexual who found manga through anime, bless Junjou Romantica Although some of the stories are so heartwarming, I learnt very early on that it’s far from realistic. I find it quite offensive and annoying at times with how they portray LGBTQ+ in BL, with the heavy “uke” and “seme” and with most stories having characters sa......   2 reply

Tricky question. I'm lesbian and I feel awkward when reading about straight couples (I usually identify with the girl but the girl likes a boy and then I lose the connection with the character because of that and feel uncomfortable). So I started reading BL because of that without realizing it (damn I came out last year after more than one decade r......   2 reply

TLDR: Bi/Pan female. It's not an exaggeration to say that BL saved me from growing into a homophobe. As a kid I've been raised in a strictly catholic religious country, everything gay or lesbian was an insult, absolutely unimaginable. When my (very open minded in comparison) parents decided to change the country, and I stumbled over shounen ai on......   1 reply

I don't really think it affects me.. afterall, I'm not a guy so.. It's not like I have anything against BL, since I can't really relate. Yuri on the other hand, is different. Since I'm also a girl, I feel like they're displaying the relationship between two girls wrong, in terms of sex. Oh.. my sexuality.. I'm kinda part of the Lgbt, rather I'm b......   1 reply