bronze's answer (8)

Speaking as a gay man... it's not. It's a fictional setting with characters that really only vaguely resemble real life LGBT experiences. I think the only way you get into fetishizing is if a fan (could be anyone tbh, cis straight girl or not) somehow super imposed this desire to see gay men with each other in real life despite the people in ques......   1 reply

I'm gay and I enjoy yaoi. I don't take it very seriously, it's light-heated or angsty romance with the occasional smut. It's rare for a yaoi manga to seriously tackle LGBT issue and I don't really expect it anyway. It's fantasy. As for fetishizing, I honestly don't care. The flaws and tropes I see in yaoi are prevalent in a lot manga. Just look at......   2 reply

LGBT people or people who are pretending to be LGBT. Stop invalidating cis straight girls opinions. It's not nice and no genre is "owned" by anyone; like that is actual clownery. k thnx bai - sincerely an LGBT person   5 reply

While I definitely think education is good and a little bit research can go a long way... It's a manga romance. Cis straight women also write shoujo and that also has so many unrealistic and problematic tropes and they are still writing from their own perspective. There are deeper issues here. If you want realistic depictions it's probably a good......   2 reply

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https://imgur.com/QuPXYWl Yes I am a basic bitch lol   reply

See to me the major broach on if something is offensive or not is if it goes into real life. In terms of the books, like manga, I don't care. Read and enjoy whatever you want, even if it's 100% just gay porn. BUT if you harass anyone in real life that is a crime. You need to be aware that a person is a person, not just their orientation (etc..). Y......   reply

Eh... that's murky territory. Do women who read erotica/smut with straight relationships objectify other women and the men inside as well? What about lesbians who read and write lesbian romance novels or manga? I'm a gay male and I enjoy yaoi. I don't care that it's written by women or who it's written by for that matter, as long as it's a good s......   2 reply