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LGBTQIA+ 6d
do any other lesbians or gays in general read gl or bl stories or watch cute movies? my friend said i still like men bc im watching this adorable movie right now on netflix. stfu, i like it so far! i just love love smh 😔💔
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Anonymous 5d

I'm aroace and when I was younger I pretty much exclusively consumed mlm content! i think it was because it felt like a safe way to read love stories without having to experience sexualization and objectification of women, which when I was younger really upset me. I didn't like being reminded people could find me sexual and so mlm content was a way to read good romance stories and not have to deal with that

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Anonymous 5d

You don’t gotta be attracted to anyone in a romance to enjoy the romance. I’m a lesbian and my primary pair of characters that I constantly translate into new forms and love to imagine being lovey dovey and flirty are both men.

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Anonymous 5d

As a gay man not really mostly because a lot of BL is just really cringy and poorly done and I walk away with a lot of secondhand embarrassment

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

Wait actually this makes so much sense (as someone who was raised female and developed an early love for mlm but found out years later I’m aroace. never understood why it felt safer/easier to read)

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5d

Also a lot of BL is simply not made for queer men it’s made for a predominantly cishet woman audience

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