I haven’t done that many Pride Month special posts on this site. I tend to just sprinkle posts about LGBT issues throughout the year as their own thing. I have a bit of a complicated relationship with the current state of Pride month you see.
I feel like a lot of companies change their logos to rainbow versions and give some surface-level lip service during the month of June as a performance of support and then go right back to ignoring homophobia or even supporting companies that openly espouse it. It feels a bit hollow.
On the other hand, I think representation is important. I go to Pride celebrations in Montreal almost every year and let me tell you, it’s amazing. And the actual sentiments and needs that brought Pride into being are things that I happen to stand behind.
As such, I have adopted a generally relaxed embrace of Pride on this blog. I will make a post to acknowledge June as Pride month but generally, I will just post LGBTQ content whenever I feel like it or have something to say. This means I have a bit of it throughout my blog that’s not always easy to find if you happen to be specifically looking for it.
So this year, I’m going to give you a handy list of potential Pride reading on my blog. I hope you like it!
General Queer Posts
Yuri Manga and Anime
- She is Also Cute Today – Webtoon Recommendation
- Dear Noman – Manga First Impression
- Days of Love at Seagull Villa – Manga First Impression
- Adachi and Shimamura – The Search Continues
- Yurikuma Arashi – Muddled Metaphors
- Surprise Yuri Game Review – Perfect Gold
- Top 5 Yuri Webcomics
- Otherside Picnic
- High Class Homos – webtoon recommendation
- Kase-san and Morning Glories and Day Lilies
- Sweet Blue Flowers Lives Up To Its Name
- Happy Sugar Life – A Deconstructions of Love
- I Ruin My Sleep Schedule Again, This Time With Yuri!
- Kindred Spirits on the Roof and The Potential of Yuri Visual Novels
- Magan he Danai (he Remy he Irina)
- Sakura Trick and my ongoing search for quality yuri
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Superwomen in Love
Yuri Essays
- I Accidentally Started Watching A Lot of Yuri Lately
- Craft Time – Making Your Very Own Yuri Goggles
- In Which I Take A Good Look at My Appreciation for The Yaoi and Yuri Genres
- Would a Lily by Any Other Name Still be Yuri?
Yaoi and BL Anime and Manga
- Given
- Given Movie
- BL Fans Love My Brother – Manga Review
- I Wanted A Story About Female Friendship so I read a Book About BL
- Sasaki and Miyano
- My Love Mix-Up! – Manga First Impression
- The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
- Banana Fish Manga and Representation
- That Blue Sky Feeling – Manga Review
- Marudase Kintaro – Miniature Review
- This Boy Anime Series – 4 Reviews for the Price of One
- High Class Homos – webtoon recommendation
- How is Taishou Mebiusline: Chicchai-san Like Irina?
- Dakaichi
- Because Sharing is Caring
- Just A Quick Post to Tell You About Some Blotomes I Like
- Lamento Beyond the Void or How to Ruin Your Sleep Schedule with Catboys
- DRAMAtical Murder
- Hotel Phryne – Late Christmas Webtoon First Impression
- Hashihime Of Old Book Town was My Surprise Existential Horror of 2019
- Sarazanmai – Surrealism Japanese Style
- Gankutsuou – Klimt’s Dumas
Yaoi and BL Essays
- The Strange Relationship Between Moe and Fujoshi
- In Which I Take A Good Look at My Appreciation for The Yaoi and Yuri Genres
- How A Raunchy Visual Novel Taught me to Seize the Day and Say No Thank You!!!
Trans Anime and Manga
- Yuureitou Manga Review
- Boys Run The Riot – Manga Review
- Feelings and Possibly Even Thoughts on Wandering Son
Trans Essays
- Where are all my Anime Transboys at?
- How Lovely Complex’s Seiko Kotobuki made me Rethink Everything
- Let’s All Drool Over My Top 5 Androgynous Anime Girls.
I actually have quite a few Yuri manga reviews scheduled over the next months so if I ever do another one of these lists, I hope I can add to it! And I also hope you guys will find something to enjoy!
Heather Swanson agrees!
Hey, Happy Pride Month and thanks for putting a list of your Pride posts in one easy to find spot! Makes browsing this topic so much easier!
Happy Pride to you too!
I think its a good thing that you not only post about it in just the one month, but whenever you feel and have time for it. I am not in tune with all things pride related but I have no quarrel with the people who live the lives they want to. Thank you for all you do for the community Irina.
Some people are great at focusing their creativity, I’m a bit more scattered. Thank you for your comment Savage!
Happy pride month Irina
Thank you! You too
As a newer follower, I had no idea you’ve posted so much lgbt content. This is definitely a topic that I need to educate myself more on. I’m also interested in getting more into yuri and yaoi so these lists are gonna be plenty useful. Happy pride month!
I hope there’s something worth reading. Have a great day!