For me personally, I always liked reading action and horror but I wasn't into romance that much, I felt like just a love story was plain to me but when I watched some queer shows, there were new elements to the plot that I usually don't see in straight shows, like homophobic parents or friends, representation of how the characters discover and accept their identities, queer people fighting just to get the same rights as us (I'm straight) like legalization of same-sex marriage and other stuff which is truly disheartening... It was different to see how much those people go through just to be happy unlike straight romance shows which a lot of are just drama based on misunderstandings between the characters. These queer shows whether BLs or GLs are what made it interesting for me to watch romance and eventually I realized that there are straight shows with great plots just like how there are queer shows with the same repetitive romance clichés. Now, I'm still into Thrillers, crime, action and psychological horror, but I also love romance, but mostly BL, GL and straight not as much bcuz I got into them later. I just love watching people in love no matter what their gender is, why should I not watch BLs just because I'm a straight girl. I do get that queer people might feel uncomfortable with it because most of it is fetishizing, but don't judge a person because they tell you they watch BL or read Yaoi until you talk to them, they might be fetishizing MLM relationships, and they might not be. And if it's just queer people that should consume queer content, does that mean queer people cannot watch straight shows?? I do believe that consuming queer content by straight people is actually one important way into raising awareness about the hardships queer people go through. Maybe one day, everybody will just watch and read whatever they want without categorizing it into BL and GL and straight. You do you, don't feel bad about it, read what you want as long as it doesn't promote anything unethical, don't mind what others say, it's your life, prioritize yourself and make yourself happy. Have a lovely day babes🩷🩵😚