I'm demi-panromantic asexual, so I find that I'm able to enjoy GL and BL, but more for the emotional aspects since I'm not particularly interested in sex scenes c:
I'm Bisexual & Gender Fluid
This does affect my love of GL just because its as ^ said more relatable. I also like how yuri storylines are usually a bit more unique than heterosexual romances.
I'm quite open when it comes to relationships and sexuality, but my real preference lies in femininity. Like, I dont care too much if said person is a boy or a girl, as long as they aren't a real masculine brute and have a cute girly flare Im happy :3
This obviously affects my love for yuri and shoujo-ai as its all super-cute feminine goodness! A lot of my favorite anime are favorites for that reason x3
I'm heterosexual/straight (I like people of the opposite gender), but I'm also bicurious (?) - meaning I'm curious about being with another woman and/or "experimenting" with one.
And no, my sexuality does not effect my love for GL - it only heightens it moreso.
Biromantic asexual (I feel romantic attraction to people of any gender but not sexual attraction).
I started reading yuri manga long before I knew there were other sexualities besides hetero and homo. lol So I don't think that affected my enjoyment of GL works.
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Also about the poll "Asexual - Doesn't like any gender" is wrong. Feeling no sexual attraction doesn't mean you don't like anyone: you still can have a libido, enjoy sex, marry, have kids, whatever. (the same can be said for aromantics)
"No matter how miserable your life becomes, never let your heart become miserable as well."
For me, it more of an unclear answer of whether or not I'm hetero, bi-curious, or bisexual.
I never bothered to put any deeper thought into it until about a couple months ago, but the more I do think about it, the more it seems I could be bi-curious or bisexual, but I have yet to figure that out as of now, so an unclear answer it stays. :/
These thoughts do not have jack shit to do with my affection for GL, though.
I'm asexual, homoromantic and male. I think it affects my love for gxg because I like only lgbt+ romances, and bxb gets on my nerves a lot because of the people who write it and the fandom.
Plus the gxg fandom is around 50/50 males/females (+ nb but they are very few so they don't affect the ratio much), while the bxb fandom is like 90% (mostly) straight girls, so it's easier to relate to people of the gxg fandom? I don't know how to explain it well...
Being a lesbian trans woman, it makes things significantly harder for any romances as alot of cisgender females are put off by trans people. It upsets me that I am still single and hurt so much and find Yuri as a comfort for something I dont have
I'm a pansexual girl and I'd say that it does effect it. I liked mostly BL shipping before I started questioning my sexuality but now GL is definatly up the list! I am dating a girl myself so it would be weird if I didn't like girl x girl relations. XD
I'm gay and I like anime and manga girls, so yes, that has increased my love for Yuri. On the other hand, yaoi is the genre of romance that interests me the least since I don't have a "love interest" in it. The more girls there are, the happier I am, especially since yuri is the only genre of romance that suits me and where I can identify.
I can watch and enjoy straight romances, but I could never feel as much emotion and I could never be as invested as in Yuri. The romance really has to be good for that to be the case, or there has to be a real storyline behind it (and I have to like the girl). Yuri is also one of the first genres of anime I watched and it's thanks to it that I was able to confirm that I was gay XD.