LGBTQ+ Awareness in the BL community

I've heard quite a few of my friends say that BL is nothing but people who like gay men and hacertified no awareness of LGBT+. However all of them were not part of the community. And most of the people I've met in the community are very aware of it. Is it jusT my delusion? I wanna know if yall are just here for gay or if you have a bit more awareness. I really hope it's the latter.