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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boys'_loveBoys' love - Wikipedia

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   Boys' love (Japanese: ボーイズ ラブ, Hepburn: bōizu rabu), also known by its abbreviation BL (ビーエル, bīeru), is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters.

2. www.33rdsquare.com › what-does-bl-stand-forWhat Does BL Stand For? An In-Depth Look at the Boys‘ Love ...

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   Oct 25, 2023 · Defining BL – What It Means. First and foremost, BL stands for "Boys‘ Love"—a Japanese genre that centers around romantic and sexual relationships between male characters. It originated within female-oriented manga in the 1970s but has since expanded across various media.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boys'_love_fandomBoys' love fandom - Wikipedia

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   Boys' love (BL), a genre of male-male homoerotic media originating in Japan that is created primarily by and for women, has a robust global fandom. Individuals in the BL fandom may attend conventions, maintain/post to fansites , create fanfiction / fanart , etc.

4. read.thebenildean.org › 2022 › 04BL, representation, and the queer experience - The Benildean

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   Apr 20, 2022 · The spike in popularity of the Boys Love (BL) genre follows the rise in popularity of contemporary LGBTQIA+ representation in the media. Treading the path towards better representation in mainstream media, bumps in the road remain present that threaten to leave diversity behind in favor of mainstream attention.

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   Sep 24, 2020 · Boys’ love is a genre of homoerotic manga and novels aimed at a female readership. BL has expanded to anime, television dramas, video games, and other media. Could it prompt real social change,...

6. nothingbutyaoi.com › yaoi-intro-guide-to-the-boysYAOI – Intro Guide to the Boys Love Genre - Nothing But Yaoi

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   Yaoi, also known as Boys Love (BL) or shonen-ai, is a media genre depicting romantic and homoerotic relationships between males. Yaoi blossomed in Japan in the ’70s as a literary genre, originally consisting of derivative works developing from parodies of original anime and manga stories.

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   Is BL a genre?

   • The genre stretches beyond just manga, as it also includes media such as anime, live-action movies, CD dramas, games, light novels and doujinshi, all centered around the romantic and sexual relationships of boys who love boys. As a genre, BL is adored by hordes of fans, criticized by others and often parodied in more mainstream media.

   The History of BL (Boys’ Love) - Yatta-Tachi

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   What type of media is BL?

   • BL spans a wide range of media, including manga, anime, drama CDs, novels, video games, television series, films, and fan works. The genre originated in the 1970s as a subgenre of shōjo manga, or comics for girls.

   Boys' love - Wikipedia

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   What does BL mean in manga?

   • First and foremost, BL stands for "Boys‘ Love"—a Japanese genre that centers around romantic and sexual relationships between male characters. It originated within female-oriented manga in the 1970s but has since expanded across various media. BL came about as a new take on romance fiction specifically designed to appeal to women.

   What Does BL Stand For? An In-Depth Look at the Boys‘ Love Genre

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   What is BL fiction?

   • BL is defined as a genre of fiction that features male-to-male romantic relationships. While its roots can be traced to the yaoi genre from Japan, in recent years, BL fiction has seen a rise in popularity in the form of Taiwanese and Thai Boys Love books and television programs; something that surely took BL and queer representation to a new stage.

   BL, representation, and the queer experience - The Benildean

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   What does BL stand for?

   • ISBN 978-0-8166-6970-7. Aoyama, Tomoko (2013). "BL (Boys' Love) Literacy: Subversion, Resuscitation, and Transformation of the (Father's) Text". U.S.-Japan Women's Journal. 43 (1): 63–84. doi: 10.1353/jwj.2013.0001.

   Boys' love - Wikipedia

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   When did BL come out?

   • Fujimoto believes that BL in the general sense first emerged as (adolescent boys’ love) in girls’ manga in the 1970s, offering depictions of strong bonds and erotic encounters between adolescent boys. Until the mid-1960s, most manga for girls were created by male artists.

   The Evolution of “Boys’ Love” Culture: Can BL Spark Social Change?

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8. yattatachi.com › history-of-boys-loveThe History of BL (Boys' Love) - Yatta-Tachi

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   Jul 28, 2022 · The genre stretches beyond just manga, as it also includes media such as anime, live-action movies, CD dramas, games, light novels and doujinshi, all centered around the romantic and sexual relationships of boys who love boys. As a genre, BL is adored by hordes of fans, criticized by others and often parodied in more mainstream media.