[Discusion] How do people in your area react to yaoi?

[Infinite Pandora]

I live in probably one of the most accepting and open cities ever. Seriously, so no not really. Even if people say it's 'gross' they aren't prejudice or anything like that.

 

[LazyButler]

I live with my mother and her boyfriend (who seems to think he lives here) and they are both not only racist, but also homophobic.....so...am I going to say anything?.......no.....am I going to let my mother near my account on my computer, or let her rummage through my closet?.....no....

Good Lord this place bites.... stressed  

[Sieffre]

My community as a whole accepts homosexuality. Gay marriage is legal here, and has been since 2003 (second Canadian province to get it legal, whoo!) We have a gay-pride street (which really shocked the hell out of visiting relatives when they went out for lunch one day) that holds gay-pride parades every year. Tons of stores have rainbow flags in their windows, even if they're not on the gay-pride street. For all my city's many faults, it is one of the most accepting of homosexuality that I know of.

At my high school we have a GSA, we have plenty of same-sex couples, a transgendered teacher and same-sex literature at the library. Guys tend to use "that's so gay" and "f**" pretty liberally, but when it comes down to it, it's more though habit than malice, and they're quick to apologize when someone calls them on it.

The only downfall is that I live near a church that keeps a record of all the people they have turned straight.  

[Pawn Of Ace - - x]

the memories you painted that time.
now i see the colours you made it.
in order to protect the you who seemed ready to fall apart,
i spread my slightly anxious wings.
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

i'm sure people here don't have the slightest idea what yaoi is.
and for the most part, i don't think anyone likes gays here. >.>
except my neighbors i think.
there are about four or five emo guys living in one house. and they act pretty gay.

 

[Sushi-kaichou]

I live in a city ttly open to homosexuality.
I go to a school that has a Gay Straight Alliance.
I am the president of a school club that has one or two yaoi fangirls/boys.
now here's the catch-
I live with a family who are ttly anti-gay.

isn't that lovely? rofl  

[Grotesque Panties]

Well,I only talk to my friends about yaoi,and never really told anyone else about my little obssesion...>.

[Xyloid]

Actually, I have no idea because I don't know one other person that reads it.

However, I grew up in the mid-west. Even after going to a massive university, there are still a lot of people that are extremely homophobic. I can only imagine that the thought of a female enjoying stories of men loving one another to be foreign and strange.  

[Freiflug]

In my city, we're all just a bunch of ignorant bastards that shank each other for a bag of weed. No, it wouldn't be accepted, but do I think that everyone would act in the negative response? Of course not; just most.  

[baduhmtiss]

I think that if i mentioned my likings to it, no one would really care. But in my highschool, people are judged for how they act so easily. Kinda ticks me off. And im still in hiding it from parents, but i doubt they would care too much. Probably ask me "why" i like it X3  

[Lady Tsukiko Kuonji]

I'm from the city with the biggest pride parade.
So no worries for me!
Though even still, there are dumb kids who are all "EWWW" over it.
But as a general rule, if they don't like it, they shut up and don't say it out loud, or the multiculturalism-and-acceptance-mafia will eat them alive.  

[Twilight_Rein]

I live in NJ and the people I have meet and been friends with are all accpeting of yaoi. My high school was known as the 'gay' high school because someone there were a lot more LGTB peeps in my school than other schools in town. smile

Of course there is like one friend of mine who's like 'ewww' but it's all a matter of opinion. Plus he's a tad bit on the old school religious side.

Overall, yaoi isn't ewwed upon that much where I live.  

[Drakie Cakie]

Break away from everybody, break away from everything.

-= People I've talked to about it were unusually accepting. O_o I brought my drawing pad to my dance troupe rehearsal once, and they stole it and looked through it when I was in the bathroom, and I hear through the door "*GASP* Is that 'yaoi'?" and then I hear "Awwww!" Apparently some of them like it. xD =-

If you can't stand the way this place is, take yourself to higher places.

 

[nikaido24]

Im from Philippines and a man on top of that but I cant help falling in love with yaoi. Here in the Philippines, man to man relationship is like falling in love with a serial killer. Society will hate you and criticize you without any regards to your feelings. Fortunately, I have a friend that understands me. She doesnt mind me being interested in these kinds of things. She even enjoys it specially the "Hard" part.

Almost all of my classmates know about me liking yaoi mangas/anime but I guess they dont mind because they are not giving me the cold shoulders.  

[ShySlasher]

I hide my love of yaoi from almost everyone, I haven't told my mom because she would filp out. The only people who know are my Dad and my best friend. My dad, he's fine with it ( after all, he buys all of it for me). And I've known my best friend for 8 years now, so there's been much more 'shocking' things than yaoi. Other than that most people in my school would shun me (which is sad pathetic).  

[SingingNight]

ahah, i'd probably be impaled if people knew XD
not that i care, i'm old enough to judge for myself what i want to watch and what do i want to stand for, and so i do ^^