LGBT Folks - How do you feel about BL?

Asexual, trans - I don't really see a problem in bl besides the bottom being overly feminized(and the unhealthy relationships) , at this you could've just made a wlm love story but you do you i guess.. I do think it effects your identity when you're overly obsessed reading it to the point you mix up reality and fiction Additional: Fujoshis reall......   2 reply

im asexual and a/homo - romantic i wish i could see more emotion based relationships tbh... at some point, i was convinced that anything anyone looks for in a relationship will only be sex. also, i grew up in a super conservative country and never knew lgbt+'s existance till i was 12. in that way, im thankful to bl for opening this door in my life......   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

bi erasure is annoying af. and false stereotypes and always babying the characters- im tired of that shit. im a bisexual woman btw i dont mind BL. i read it alot myself. most of this toxicity comes from the fandoms actually. but then some bls are just based on the fact "oh its gay so its hot uwu, nothing else to it"   1 reply

I am not sure about my sexuality. Sometimes I think men are attractive and sometimes I think women are also attractive (I am a woman). In my country homosexuality is completely denied. So I had no idea of the existence of lesbian/gay. So when I found out about yaoi and yuri, I was shocked(writers wrote the stories as same sex relationships are alw......   3 reply

Bisexual. I started reading BL when I was pretty young (14), but I personally don't think it has effected my sexual identity in any way. Other things helped me realize what my identity is. I also think I have a really healthy relationship with BL since I have a very clear distinction of reality and fiction and I've had a completely normal romantic ......   2 reply

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

I'm a trans dude, pan I quite like BL, like every other genre it has its pros and cons. I do wish it didn't fall into stereotypes so much but honestly, the media does it better than any other source of gay fiction outside of video games for me. I always found it odd when people complained about yaoi being porn...when that's kinda the point of ya......   reply

As a female-ace, BL is nice because it gives more options than fluffy het or super hard core het. Only reading Shoujo or Ecchi builds an unrealistic representation of what a relationship entails, and what should be expected of your partner and of yourself. It also can emphasis a "what's wrong with me" feeling if you cannot relate to the common them......   reply