Beautiful, Broken, and Queer: The complicated interplay of sexuality and trauma in Banana Fish
Ash is a problematic depiction of a queer assault survivor, but also one that claws open some of my most private, difficult wounds.
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FAKE and the Found Family: The ’90s BL cop drama that influenced a genre
FAKE is a BL mystery-drama manga originally published between 1994 and 2000. The dominant emotional line throughout the series is the evolving relationship between detectives Dee and Ryo. However, just as important as the mysteries and the growing romance is the found family that the detectives build and the support it provides them.
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Playing My Song: Queer autistic representation in Given
I related to given‘s Mafuyu in a way that was different from how I’d ever connected with a character before. He was queer. He was coping with loss. He was socially awkward. And, most importantly, he was autistic-coded to the max.
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The “Heart” of This Queer Body: An intimate look at The Heart of Thomas
Queerness opened up a new world, one in which male and female were no longer black-and-white concepts. Gender became this beautiful shade of gray that I didn’t want nor need to be boxed into. The gateway for this freedom was in the queer bodies of Thomas.
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Chatty AF 89: Classic BL
AniFem’s Vrai Kaiser discusses the history of boys love manga with special guests Khursten and Sara.
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Go For It, Nakamura! is the throwback gay rom-com we always needed
Seldom is gay manga as wholesome as Go For It, Nakamura!, but this eleven-chapter manga is as soft and sweet as it gets. The comical hijinks and silly conflicts resemble the older romances of the ‘90s anime scene, becoming a window into what could have been if LGBTQIA entertainment had become more mainstream way earlier.
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The Queer Fudanshi’s Starter Guide to BL Manga
To some, boys’ love comics are gay romance and gay representation. To others, they’re an exploitation of gay male love for the pleasure of women. BL really exists somewhere in the middle, and there are plenty of gay and even straight men who enjoy these often erotic gay comics. I am one of them.
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Chatty AF 72: BL Manga
Vrai talks Boys’ Love (BL) and yaoi manga with special guests Devin Randall and Masaki C. Matsumoto!
