documenting the BL fan experience

28, SHE/THEY, USA

28, SHE/THEY, USA

I don’t participate in many real-life fandom things, although a few of my closest friends are also BL fans. It’s still something that I largely interact with online. The past few years the fandom has gotten stranger as people are more quick to gatekeep, criticize, and even rank titles based on what they may personally find trite or problematic.

— 28, She/They, USA


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