I’ve had a conversation about this with my friends, and I decided that “humansexual” is possibly the best term and should become a new thing.

Yeah, the reason I didn’t come out as bi in high school, even though I went to a mostly queer-positive high school, is most of the girls who called themselves bisexuals were seen as “sluts” – and I didn’t want to be like them in any sense. (This was before I was enlightened to the concept of “slut-shaming” etc.)

Also, heterosexuality was still…[Read more]

I haven’t seen Sasameki Koto or Aoi Hana but they’re based on very yuri manga. Maria-sama ga Miteru is a classic but like a lot of yuri series, a lot of it is subtexty and you have to be wearing yuri-googles to see them. Simoun, Blue Drop, MariaHolic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and MaiHime/Otome also have yuri to them (to the best of my memory). I…[Read more]

Loveless is a short series that’s mostly Yaoi, but there is a yuri pairing and I really loved it. I also really liked MaiHime.

A more recent show that has quite a bit of subtext is Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. I really enjoyed it.

Girl Friends by Morinaga Milk is AMAZING. It’s quite girly, and gayngsty, but it’s full of cute girls. You have to read it online, though, since it hasn’t been licensed. makimakimanga.com is where it is~

i know! me too. =/