Gay reading manga

Whenever I see discussions on how [East] Asia portrays Queer and how the content isn’t always unproblematic or strong, it makes me think about the nuances of customs and how differently nations can rotate out as a result of it.

I can’t speak as much on Japan and Korea, which appears to be what you were mainly referring to, since I’m not as familiar with their histories, but you did tag “manhua,” which is Chinese—so I idea I’d add some thoughts from someone of Chinese descent who was born and raised in the west!

I complete think it’s uncomplicated to see East Asia as less progressive than the west, in part due to things like the media you mentioned. But at the identical time, queerness in those areas still remains less normalized, and many gender non-conforming people are closeted or underground. So while in an perfect world there could be a gay quality controller/proofreader to look over a work, it’s hard to ascertain whether that is actually possible. 

And even in that regard, gender non-conforming experiences differ from country to nation. Despite perhaps entity more problematic, a lot of East Asian queer media remains the first form of inclusion for East Asian queers, and in that sense, it often stil