Calling both yaoi and shounen-ai by the same term, bl, is an awful idea. On what planet does that not lead to unnecessary and, considering the difference in content and what's appropriate for who, potentially harmful ambiguity? reply
Lots of people tend to use the term "BL" now. That's what I use when referring to contemporary works in the genre.
However, when talking about things made before 2008, I tend to still refer to it as "yaoi", as stylistically, it's pretty different compared to contemporary BL. reply
"Yaoi" should be used when talking about non-canon pairings in series that are not in the BL genre like Code Geass or Dragonball Z and the doujinshi and fanart that comes from that. reply
