Do you think it's homophobic to like BL but not GL?
I'm not sure if I got gaslighted or what, but I had this convo with an internet friend, they were asking for a romance recommendation, and I did gave it to them, a GL story specifically.
Then like 5mins later they asked for something different because they didn't like the plot (?) Despite me recommending them the story because it had their fav trope and dynamic, and the plot was similar to the story she was recently obsessed. Well I shrugged it of not thinking much, but since right now my interest lies in GL, I continued to recommend her some.
Then she straight up told me to recommend her other things that wasn't GL, and that got me confused cuz she read BL (that's how we even got close) that's why I thought she wouldn't have a problem with my recs and that she just didn't genuinely like the plot. Then she proceeded to tell me it was because it made her feel uncomfortable and GL stories felt forced or unnatural. So I told her that was Homophobic thought, then she denied it and said she read BL which was Homosexual (that if she was homophobic she wouldn't be reading it.), that it's not like she has actual issues with wlw couple irl nor does she hate them or call them name, and she was "friends" with me who was bi.
So I'm not sure what to think.
not homophobic to read or prefer one over the other to each their own yknow but i believe this specifically is weird bc of how she worded it ''unnatural'' and ''forced''. Personally i read more bl than gl (stil l read both tho) for no particular reason
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27 10,2023