Bi-Phasic Dissonance in some Pinoy Boys’ Love Series

• Main Author: Devilles, Gary C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Pinoy BL series; bi-phasic behavior; homophobia; heteronormativity; middle class interests; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Film and Media Studies; Pacific Islands Languages and Societies; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/akda/vol1/iss3/7; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/akda/article/1024/viewcontent/6_Devilles_Bi_Phasic_Akda_201_283_29.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The growing fascination with Pinoy Boy’s Love (BL) series, such as Gameboys, Hello Stranger, and Quaranthings can be construed as part of the long struggle of LGBTQI community for more inclusivity as most of its fans were also fans of Thai Boy’s Love series called “lakhon,” according to scholar Thom...