I grew up in the era of Ai No Kusabi, Kizuna, FAKE and Ayano Yamane. I read Tokyo Babylon and X/1999 as queer (at the very least deeply queer-coded) and works like Utena and Neon Genesis Evangelion were revolutionary to me. BL wasn’t easy to come by back then, especially growing up on an island. I could only get my hands on BL when I traveled to the US. Heck, I consider The Vampire Chronicles part of my BL experience.
— 34, She/Her, Dominican Republic
34, SHE/HER, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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