documenting the BL fan experience
BL, I liked everything I found to be honest. I discovered a lot from it, especially that people could love other people of their own gender. Ironically (or not), it made me discover GL and with GL I discovered my own sexuality. I’m more comfortable…
Spanish fandom is awesome. Like, there’s antis, sure, but there’s nothing like it compared to the North American/English fandom, because we’re still in the mindset of “don’t like, don’t read”. I do have friends from other Hispanic countries and they’re all supportive, even if they…
My first experience was in a Hispanic forum called Foros Dz. There was a section called “Clubes” and for some reason, I got myself in a Kai/Rei (Beyblade) club, thinking that it was a club dedicated to their friendship and to them as characters. I was 13 years old in that moment if I recall correctly; then I found Naruto BL when I was 14 and I was so into it that I wrote myself a bad fic where I shipped Naruto with everyone but he’d end with Gaara, because SasuNaru was overrated for me.
— 26, She/They, Mexico
