homosexuality
Saikaku’s Edo-era tales of gay samurai love reimagined for a modern audience as Boys Love manga
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Cara Clegg
May 14, 2016 - Tweet
- Culture, Entertainment, Japan
- (BL • boys love • homosexuality • Ihara Saikaku • literature • manga • yaoi)
One of Japan’s leading dictionaries has made a significant (and arguably long overdue) step towards acknowledging and normalizing homosexuality by revising the entries for words relating to love and sex. They have removed restrictive references to these feelings existing only between a man and a woman, opening up the definition of love to everyone — gay, straight, or otherwise.
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