Department of Japanese Studies seminar Japanese Boys Love (BL) Media Transforming and Transformed by Gender and Sexuality around Asia James Welker Abstract Created by and for adolescent girls and women in Japan, boys love (BL) media, depicting romantic and sexual relationships between males, took root in commercial shōjo manga (girls’ comics) magazines in the early 1970s. BL … Continue reading Japanese Studies Seminar | Japanese Boys Love (BL) Media Transforming and Transformed by Gender and Sexuality around Asia