I am a dude with a boyfriend.
We’re both Asian.
We went on a bus and sat in front of two girls.
I kissed behind his ear (and then he punched me in the arm, he’s shy in public) and I heard one of them whisper to the other something along the lines of “We get to see close up yaoi on here!”.
(Neither of us are even Japanese)
I was kinda offended, so I took my boyfriend by the hand and left.
It made us feel very uncomfortable.
I just want to say:
Our love and relationship isn’t for your entertainment.
Nor is it here for you to fetishize and sexualize.
Please just keep your “yaoi xDD” to just fiction, and please do not call us “yaoi”.
Many dismiss this as not a problem, which I find rude as they have never experienced this so they don’t really have much to say against this.
Thank you for reading.
– Submitted by Anonymous
* ^^^ Sorry to hear that anon D: that’s pretty terrible.
Really? I guess being accepted is just as bad as being hated. I bet of the girls had hissed in disgust he’d be sobbing and ranting about acceptance.
Having straight people only see you as fap material isn’t acceptance you fucking homophobic walnut
This isn’t acceptance, it’s fetishization. Which is common with white people toward Asian people/culture in general. People don’t exist for your enjoyment. This is very different from “aw look at that cute couple, I’m happy that they feel safe to be open about being LGBT!” This is “omg more entertainment material for our consumption and benefit”. I don’t know how to explain to you that real people deserve to be treated as full humans with full lives and boundaries and feelings, and not as “exotic” fodder for you to ogle and use for cheap personal entertainment.










