!!A concerned teenager!!
I read a lot of different types of stories like, BL, GL, shoujo, or shonen ( mainly the BL genre tho ) and have considered my self as a "fujoshi" for a long time. But recently, I've seen people people talking about how it is bad being a fujoshi and that if you use the term, it means that you fetishize gay men and it is disrespectful to the LGBTQ+ community. I don't really like the sound of that because I have a few friends that take part in that community. It makes me really guilty and scared, what should I do?
I know that the genre BL can also be divided into shounen ai or yaoi, while I do read both, reading those hardcore stuff was often use to relief stress, ( like how other people watch porn or read hentai ) but now it is concerning me if it is even okay for me to do this anymore.
I stopped calling myself a fujoshi a while ago after knowing its real meaning but that didn't stop me from reading these stories since they function for me as a way to disconnect from the real world and just enjoy reading it superficially. I do get your point of you thinking of being disrespectful to your LGBTQ+ friends, I am a part of that communi......
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24 06,2020