A lot of questions that come up when browsing the through anime forums and talking to people about yaoi is whether people who enjoy is: If person enjoys yaoi does that make him or her gay? Are people who yaoi gay? Along with the discussion of what yaoi is. The answer to the first question is no, of course, and the answer to the second question is yes and no. As I pointed out before, the majority of people who enjoy yaoi are heterosexual women. But at the same time you have a small population of gay men who like it, and even people who are bisexual.
What’s interesting to me about these questions is it makes me wonder what does yaoi really have to do with one’s sexual orientation? I think these questions come up because people normally associate anything that’s homoerotic it’s automatically aimed at homosexuals.
Which brings me to the issue of yaoi and sexuality. Sexuality can be a complex thing, which is why I think within yaoi the issue of sexual orientation never comes into play. Yaoi is one of those things that can tell us that sexuality is complex. The characters may or not be straight, if they are straight it’s possible they’re just experimenting. Or perhaps they’re questioning their sexuality, whatever the issue is, when a person first reads boys love manga, it is important to try to keep an open mind about it.
May 5, 2009 at 19:22
I’m heterosexual woman, and I love yaoi. Well, I love looking at sexy bishes, and if they happen to be kissing on another dude, then that’s okay with me. But then again, some of the anime shows that I watch fall into the category of shounen-ai than yaoi I would think.
May 13, 2009 at 03:31
I think Yaoi is great. I have been in to this since I was sixteen. I have no compliants I hope I get to read some more of them soon
July 23, 2009 at 19:40
i’m bisexual but i prefer guys more
August 21, 2009 at 21:55
Guys usually prefer lesbian porn, but I haven’t seen them all becoming homosexual or bisexual because of that.
October 12, 2009 at 21:08
I’ve been into yaoi since I was 14 with gundam wing. I find it to be rather harmless and just another expression of sexuality. Im 24 now, bisexual and I prefer women to men. Yaoi didn’t turn me gay or make me have thoughts I’m sure weren’t there on some subconsious level before.