I am 18 and I started to read yaoi when I was 16.
To me yaoi is something that is for entertainment and makes me laugh, smile, cry, and brings all these emotions I am scared to express in my daily life. Because I don't have to worry about offending fictional characters.
I think it can be harmful if interpreted in a negative way. Some people obs...... reply
I love yaoi but I would not consider myself a fujoshi. I like BL a lot I read a lot of it but I also know when to separate myself from it. The only time I ever think about BL is when I am reading it in fiction. To me being a fujoshi is when you mainly ship BxB in any type of media, when you become attached to a male character purely because they ar...... reply
I am of the opinion that as long as the reader knows it is fictional and should not be reenacted in real life then people are just assuming that yaoi fans all like to fetishize gay people. There are some people who ship real life people in that sense and I am against that but that does not mean everyone in a generalized sense should be insulted or ...... reply
I realized I was transgender when my cousin who is FtoM transgender came out and told me it was okay to be transgender. I was always upset by the social stigma of me being a girl and I needed to act a certain way and fall in love with guys only my whole life. I never felt like I was a female despite being born one but I never had the word to explai...... reply
