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How do you feel about Yaoi & the misrepresentation of LGBT community in media?
Hi, I'd love to hear thoughts on this statement: "Hey fun fact! Fetishizing gay men is disgusting and if you’re a fujoshi/ yaoi fan you should stop and realize you’re not representing or helping mlm correctly by posting your “uwu trash sinful gaybies otp” and only harms the community". I know this kind of topic has already been asked again, & again. I don't mean to start a shit storm cuz I know that can get ugly quick but, Im often really unsure where I stand on this. I'd really appreciate hearing other viewpoints.
Let's first say this: fetishizing is never a positive thing, no matter what we're talking about. So yeah, I think some people can obsess over yaoi and get a really wrong idea of the world it should represent.
But... well, personally, I was actually drawn in by the first BL stories I read and that's how I came to know more about the LGBT community (...... reply
