Thoughts about putting "BL" in the thumbnail

[Mikayi]

I know most yuri isn't, but it didn't mean it didn't exist. I've had friends show me some really way out there yuri some being pretty violent more violent then some yaoi comics
But I see what you are trying to say. And the point didn't come off like I ment it. But the meaning was in hentai has the romance and cute things same as yuri but both can go to the opposite of it.
GL and BL are normally not in the basis of hentai, yaoi or yuri.

[klei]

there was a fantasy work that includes BL but they didn't warn the viewers so it got lots of hate and homophobic comments so at times for attention and for a heads up for those who doesn't like BL.

[scullpanda]

I put it on mine because I know one it keeps away people who know they wouldn't want to read and two signals to others who like the genre that is what it is , honestly My comic is fluff and just getting started but I'm planning a realistic cutesy romance not *first lays eyes on other (omg they are so hot I must have them) sort of comic.

[epiale]

Honestly I kinda hate the trend of advertising a comics "Lgbt+-ness" for several reasons.

The first, and most prominent, being that it's fetishistic. Straight and simple, unless the comic is completely focused on lgbt+ issues, it's just taking advantage of "diversity points", or advertising that it caters to a specific type of story that, in the case of BL, is pretty much never an accurate or even unoffensive representation of a gay relationship. BL's are know to contain rape, abuse, heteronormative bullshit, and so many offensive gay stereotypes I'm not sure where to even begin, and by slapping that label on your work you're associating yourself with that, plain and simple.

The second issue is the simple fact that it treats lgbt+ people as something "other". It makes it more "normal" to specifically label shit as if a fantasy action about a gay hero is much different from one about a straight hero. It treats lgbt+ people as if they aren't really people, but just living embodiment's of this one aspect of a humans being. It takes a well developed character and turns them into "that gay dude". We should be trying to normalize the passive inclusion of diversity in everyday works, not making it stand out all the more. I mean, you wouldn't mark your comic "black people" because your main character is black, would you?

And to the people concerned about the delicate sensibilities of others being offended by surprise gays or really any lgbt+ people, NO. People can put on their big boy pants and get over their homophobic and transphobic shit.

[timinabox24]

"boys-in-love is the only thing that defines this story, yay!"

^that's exactly the feeling I get when I see the BL tag :I ^

I just tend to avoid them tho. I haven't really read any, but I talked to a girl who did and it was the most creepy and unsettling conversation I ever had in my life D;

[Bears]

While I dislike generalizing or making assumptions about comics based on something like this, I have to say I really agree with you. While there are probably some well made BL comics, many of them seem to be a "straight girl's fantasy" kind of thing, where the relationship is unrealistic and sexualized, and ends to have, as you also said, very disturbing things romanticized. I think one of the more disturbing tropes I've seen (also in fanfics) is the "straight camp" thing where the characters are subjected to homophobia for the sake of romantic drama.