Guys/straight men also like to read yaoi?

I had a male friend in school who always read my yaoi with me. He was so into reading it, and shipping the characters. That it was yaoi never bothered him. Hes also straight and has a girlfriends since 2 years now and hes still not saying no to any yaoi i offer him.   1 reply

Male fans of yaoi are called "fudanshi" - yes, they exist enough to have their own group name. Some of them are gay, some are straight. A lot of yaoi/shounen ai is romance at heart - people who like romance (and aren't bothered by gender) will read it.   1 reply

They do exist! Just not as many as females and they tend to hide it more. I'm a gay guy and i read yaoi. So far i've not met another guy that reads yaoi :/ I do get a little fussy with yaoi that others (mainly females) would love. Such as drama's, emotional crap, guys draw in ridiculous ways (excessively tall/big handed semes, or tiny/fragile/femi......   reply

Well, my uncle would read yaoi so... maybe he was bi, or was just fine with whatever genre really XD We will never know, but it happened   1 reply

not all gay men, probably not even most of them, but some of them i'm a gay trans guy tho so i don't know if i count...   1 reply

A couple of my straight guy friends along with a gay guyfriend of mine have read it before/read it currently. I dont really thing that gender has an impact on the story, i just think reading a manga relies a lot on the art style and story-telling. If its good in those factors practically anyone can enjoy it.   reply

Well... yeah? It's a story about gay men, so obviously us gay/bi men would like it too. Not sure if I've ever heard of any straight men reading yaoi, so maybe they do secretly.   1 reply

Yep I'm gay tho   reply

Well yeah. I don't know if straight people do read yaoi though. I'm male but I'm more pansexual than straight so...   2 reply