31, SHE/HER, SOUTH KOREA
Korea has a very active BL fandom. The stores carry many different stories and a wide selection. — 31, She/Her, South Korea
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25, SHE/HER, GUAM
Acquiring BL can be complicated, because some older BL is hard to find when you want to buy it in English. Sometimes it can be very pricey as well. But at the same time these authors deserve money for their work that they have put…
29, SHE/HER, UAE
Getting content is a dilemma because if hadn’t pirated BL would not have existed. I would have never come across it online. It is hard for me to find it legally. I have a Futekiya account and Crunchyroll and Netflix, but the selections are very limited. Recently I had to make a cmoa.jp account and I’ve been purchasing digital manga in Japanese. I am learning Japanese and being able to read manga in their original language is a huge drive for me.
— 29, She/Her, UAE
34, SHE/HER, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
The BL fandom experience is directly intertwined with my own queer identity discovery experience, I can’t extricate one from the other, it’s how I found community, love and confidence within the LGBTQ+ community, and it’s how I continue to engage my own sexual expression and…
20, SHE/HER, INDIA
When I first engaged with BL, I could only do so with a shared desktop and limited connectivity, so I never really had anybody to talk to regarding the manga and fanfiction I’ve read. It’s very, very different now. I have a lot of people…
27, SHE/HER, BANGLADESH
Getting officially translated BL here is impossible, pirated is the only way. But thanks to some online sites I can pay for some webtoons.
— 27, She/Her, Bangladesh
23, SHE/HER, INDONESIA
A lot of people now know about the term BL, yaoi, and fujoshi. Indonesians are still very apprehensive about anything related to same-sex relationship, but now people are able to loudly say “I’m BL fan of this pair!” And not be afraid of being singled…
29, SHE/HER, PHILIPPINES
My identity makes me a bit more critical of the portrayal/manifestations of queer experiences in BL. Though when I turn to BL for escapism, the realistic portrayals hurt a bit more since I’m reminded of the real-life challenges of being a queer person. In reverse,…
27, SHE/HER, CHILE
My friend used to talk with other BL fans via forums. When I started liking it, on the internet, I was mostly by myself, liking and reblogging stuff on tumblr, not really interacting with anyone. In real life though I was a member of a Hetalia cosplay community, and when we met we usually talked about Hetalia ships, but I was pretty shy with it at the time, since my OTP was not a big one.
— 27, She/Her, Chile
20, SHE/HER, INDIA
My first experience with BL was a NaruSasu fanfic I stumbled across very accidentally when I clicked a link in the comments. There wasn’t any feeling of immediate disgust, because I just never had any experience with LGBTQ representation before this due to my parents…
