There was a time when I hated the concept of lesbians/gays and made fun of them... And then... I started wondering just what is so tempting about BL that everyone loves BL?
At the sane time, I will also frustrated by all the fanservice for males only. Huge ass boobs (as well as huge asses) that too with a narrow waist which didn't make any sense to me... Also the frustration of love triangles. Like the one in Vampire Knight. Also exposure to LGBT+ characters in novels whom I just adored! Like Nico di Angelo...
All of these made me curious to read BL. So I went ahead and read my first BL... "Hello Class President!" .... I thought it was extremely lewd as I never saw scenes like that before... I didn't even know anything about male genitalia lol...
I read a hardcore fanfic about Kaname and Zero, but I couldn't make out anything... I didn't understand just what the hell was going on in the sex scene lol... I didn't even know how straight couples did it! Lol...
After that, I tried Ten Count... and then slowly... To my surprise I found "truths" about male genitalia... I first didn't believe it ofc. Not just that, I also found the story really interesting and their relationship made sense... Also Shirotani's mysophobia and my BL phobia seemed to compliment each other... Though when things got "too dirty" for me, I just skipped those chapters lol...
So yeah... Slowly and slowly I got used to BL ... But I still was prejudiced against GL...
I tried to overcome that the same way, and nuf helped me a lot in that aspect... I talked to GL lovers, and they were as cute and nice as the BL lovers... I even developed a taste for straight romance once again, necessarily not fanservice for men tho...
My belief that there is not enough fanservice or relatable sexual literature for females still exists. Girls are always expected to be innocent and sweet. If they express their desire for erotic material as well, they become indecent... BL is a major source for fanservice for females, it's sad that whatever recognition they have, people keep complaining there is too much bl. When I see the ranks, I don't see a lot of bl up there? Mostly they are the usual ecchi harem and whatnot...