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Boys' love

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. It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivalent genre of homoerotic media created by and for…

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related to Further reading · 139
Boys' love → ABC-Clio, Abrams ComicArts, ACG, Alan, Angles, Anime, Antonia, Aoyama, August, Australia, Australia's, Beyond, Beyond Shoujo, Bishōnen, BL, Blending Gender, Boys, Boys' Love Manga, Brient, BRILL
related to 1990s: Mainstream popularity and yaoi ronsō · 27
Boys' love → An, Banana Fish, Between, BL, Boy, By, Captain Tsubasa, Cardcaptor Sakura, China, Clamp, Consequently, Gravitation, Japanese, June, Magazine Be, Maki Murakami, Margaret, Minami Ozaki, North America, Ozaki
related to Legal issues · 21
Boys' love → Administration, Anhui TV, BL, BL-adapted, China, Chinese BL, Honor, In, In August, In Thailand, January, Japan, Mark McLelland, Osaka Prefectural Government, People's Republic, Sakai City Central Library, The National Radio Television, Tianyi, Word, Xi Jinping
see also · 13
Boys' love → Anime, Cross-Cultural Fandom, Essays, GenreCreek, Healthy Development, JapanHomosexuality, JapanPornography, JapanSexual, JapanTokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding, Sexual Ambiguity, Yaoi, YouthsBoys' Love Manga, YuriBara

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bl manga yaoi works male japanese genre love media gay female characters series also dōjinshi shōnen-ai often men uke japan

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Yukio Mishimainstance ofhaving originated to describe erotic highbrow literary fiction by authors0.80text
Jun'ichirō Tanizakiinstance ofhaving originated to describe erotic highbrow literary fiction by authors0.80text
and Yasunari Kawabatainstance ofhaving originated to describe erotic highbrow literary fiction by authors0.80text
Oscar Wildeinstance ofas well as to designate literature with themes of homoeroticism and implied homosexuality by authors0.80text
Jean Cocteauinstance ofas well as to designate literature with themes of homoeroticism and implied homosexuality by authors0.80text
Tatsuhiko Shibusawainstance ofas well as to designate literature with themes of homoeroticism and implied homosexuality by authors0.80text
and Mishimainstance ofas well as to designate literature with themes of homoeroticism and implied homosexuality by authors0.80text
shudōinstance ofas seen in practices0.80text
David Bowieinstance ofwith glam rock artists0.80text
Queen as popular subjects as a result of the influence of Fireinstance ofwith glam rock artists0.80text
Banana Fishinstance ofas typified by manga0.80text
David Bowieinstance ofincluding glam rock artists0.80text

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