Leasbians reading yaoi

I mean, if someone reads yaoi and enjoys it, especially considering just how chock full of problems it is as a genre, "weird" is definitely kinder than the term I'd use, regardless of their sexuality. For them in particular though? The thing that I find weird, or rather flat out fucking bizarre, is that they out of all people are as deep in the fe......   1 reply

Why are we even asking these questions? They’re redundant. That’s like asking why are non Japanese people reading manga at all? By that line of thought, everyone has to stay in their lane and can’t explore other things because you don’t “fit”. Kinda dumb, no? In regards to yaoi, people forget that yaoi is a sub-genre or spin-off of sho......   reply

not really, lesbians also use dildos, and yaoi has a top and a bottom unlike straight hentai which is just a man taking control of the situation most of the time. I like men and women and anything in between but I prefer reading yaoi cause they're always written in a way where the way a person stands in society has nothing to do with whose the top.......   reply

no its not weird. the weirdos are the ones who thinks sexuality matters when all were doing is reading smh   reply

hey, what can i say? idgaf about who reads what as long as they're not fetishizing!!   reply

They're humans, the brain in the human body may show different types of interest toward different things. Do you want me to read 5 pages about the human brain?   reply

No cause i am a lesbian and i do read yaoi so stfu and go back to it please, thank you   reply

Uhh because I can relate to them?? As for me i don't find that many good gl stories here but the bls are so diverse with amazing plots. So yeah I've been reading them instead and they relate to me. Hiding your relationship, being strong and protecting yourself, getting accepted stuff like that are common for both gays and lesbians so we like readi......   reply

Counter question: Do you find it weird when gay people read/watch straight romance? No, because straight romance is the norm in media. As a person (and a lesbian), I enjoy seeing expressions of all sorts of love. In fact, I actually prefer to avoid straight romance because of my own personal hang-ups, but I still enjoy the genre a lot.   reply