leo's answer (3)

Well, let's start off easy: fetishizing LGBT+ people and their experiences in any media form(fictional/non-fictional) is disgusting and extremely harmful to real people. It warps the perspective of those outside the minority group about the experiences someone may have. As someone who is a gay man, BL/yaoi has been a very powerful tool in helping ......   2 reply

As a gay man I can tell you that's it's usually pretty obvious when someone is fetishizing. I don't usually have a problem with people of any gender reading gay material so long as it's not done with the desire to fulfil a sexual/romantic fantasy. However, yaoi is made primarily for women by women which IS a problem. Women (even gay) do not know a......   1 reply

honestly (as a gay trans masc) i think we deserve more good 'bad lgbt+ people' stories. its important to see people who do bad things and then get consequences for what they've done, in my opinion. and im tired of seeing women writing gore/mlm fetish porn   1 reply