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⌈ Secret Post #6962 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Nope, same era, 1994 onwards for me. I wasn't into Japanese fandoms at the time so I don't know what the yaoi scene was like, but I very much saw slash writers who would proclaim that this was all fiction so it was fine, but in real life they don't support gay people. (Plus the whole "smarm" scene where it was presented as totally normal for two guys to be platonically doing all kinds of things you would call part of a relationship!) I'm a lesbian, so this was off-putting to say the least! I also received death threats and was told I was going to hell for writing slash (almost always from Americans, so being told I didn't live in their country and was an atheist was always fun to make them scream more), and vividly remember the "this contains SLASH, don't like, don't read" disclaimers.

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ayrt

Ah, different circles then. tbh my sister would know more. Back when ff.net had forums she modded a couple of them and actually talked some people through their homophobia. She's still friends with a couple, one girl in particular who later realized she liked women and most of her ire was internalized.
I just read anything and everything I could get my hands on, mostly yaoi, and while I didn't socialize much, I definitely think I'd remember if it mentioned in a fic/profile if they didn't approve irl. But I absolutely agree most of the hate, especially the religious sort, were all from americans. Sorry people threatened you as well, it was almost normalized but never a good time for sure.

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AYRT Yeah, I was never on ff.net, I was on usenet then email lists before livejournal and it was definitely happening there. Most slash writers were absolutely chill in the early days, but I think as slash got more popular and mainstream (for certain values of "mainstream") in some fandoms, i.e. not off on its own separate list, people felt the need to get louder about hating real life queers. The absolute last time I remember it happening was around S2 of Supernatural.

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ayrt

I can definitely see that sort of build in popularity having that sort of backlash for sure. I remember there being a lot of general phobia around that time too. Even though 2007 feels so late, I think it was a few years after gay people were given a lot of the same rights, (marriage, etc,) in the states especially, so the loudness would definitely come from a mix angry people just being assholes. Still, I hate that it was still happening in an area like fic and fandom.