![]() ![]() Specifically, yaoi media tends to have major problems with consent. One of the most popular yaoi franchises, and one that is riddled with the genre’s most frequest faults. Unfortunately, the actual depictions of said men quickly soured me on the genre. Theoretically, the existence of an entire, relatively popular genre starring gay men should have been a great discovery for my younger self. Sometimes those relationships are just romantic, but frequently they are sexual as well. Yaoi is a genre of manga and anime defined by its focus on male same-sex relationships. I was in late elementary or early middle school when I first discovered yaoi. ![]() Manga, though, was a different–albeit much more complicated–story. I read comic books from a young age, but in terms of other gay men, all the medium really offered me was Wiccan, Hulkling, and Northstar. To put it succinctly, I came out “pre-Glee” and almost a decade before Iceman. As few queer characters as there are today, there were even less back when I was growing up. When I’m surrounded by bigotry in society, it’s nice to see examples of people like me simply being allowed to exist. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve sought out media starring gay characters. ![]()
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