How do you feel about Yaoi & the misrepresentation of LGBT community in media?

Hi, I'd love to hear thoughts on this statement: "Hey fun fact! Fetishizing gay men is disgusting and if you’re a fujoshi/ yaoi fan you should stop and realize you’re not representing or helping mlm correctly by posting your “uwu trash sinful gaybies otp” and only harms the community".
I know this kind of topic has already been asked again, & again. I don't mean to start a shit storm cuz I know that can get ugly quick but, Im often really unsure where I stand on this. I'd really appreciate hearing other viewpoints.

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bluemaple 12 07,2019

I'm a lesbian - and I wound up becoming a *gasp* fujoshi. I found that: there are a lot of yaoi and BL that are written by women. Back in the day, in Japan, this was considered to be a safe way for women to express their sexuality. (A lot of men would steer clear of it, too.) There are numerous articles and papers about this in Japanese. Fujoshi do...... 3 reply

12 07,2019

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