Holding the Man – More than a Movie Review

When the subject of Queer Cinema and Australia is brought up in conversation, I can guarantee you one title comes to the mind of many, and that is of course the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and rightfully so. It is a brilliantly iconic Australian film that introduced many to …

So, About Pride Month…

Wow, June just flew by like crazy, and I owe all my readers an apology for my lack of uploads last month, especially after announcing all my work reviews, which sadly I did not have time to finish. I really wanted to finish the reviews I was working on for Pride Month, but all I …

Until I Meet My Husband to Get Official English Manga Release this June!

Last year during Pride month I posted My Top 9 LGBTQ+ Manga a list that featured at number 1 a manga that had no official English release, but I said that it is a must-read when looking into the history of gay activism and Pride in Japan. Even though genres such as boys love, yaoi, …

Happy Pride 2022

Seeing as June is the date many countries celebrate Pride, this month here on Yaoi Playground I will be taking a step back from talking about just yaoi and boys love and talking about some amazing pieces of media that will appeal to the LGBTQ+ community as well as boys love fans. This month will …

The Vampire and the Virgin Rose – One-Shot Yaoi Manga Review

Vampire romance could be considered a romance of its own, with classic titles like Bram Stoker's Dracula and the masterpiece that is The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice to the modern movement that one must confess was popularised in the new millennium with the rise and fall of the Twilight fandom and like any romance …

My Current Top 5 BL Reads on TappyToon

If you search the words webcomic in the Google Playstore one of the first apps to pop up is TappyToon and though not as well known as Lezhin or Webtoon it does have a fantastic collection of titles of several different genres to choose from to read within the app, with mature content restricted to …

Where Have I Been?

In the last few months.... ok maybe more the last year or so you may have noticed a slow down in posts from yours truly. At first, a lot of it began with the passing of my father and my mental state after that. After that, it was one offline drama after another, but then …

Yaoi and Boys Love Has a Piracy Problem

This is a subject matter that has been on my mind for over a year now and it is also a subject I have discussed with a few fellow yaoi and boys love fans online. Our genre of choice has a huge piracy problem and I will admit that in the past I like many …

First Impression – Nu Carnival

Released on the 24th of February of this year it is no understatement to say that yaoi RPG gatcha game has taken over the lives of many yaoi fans with a smartphone. With its gorgeous artwork and fun and erotic story it is easy to see why this game has taken over my Twitter feed …

Confessions of a Shipper

Shipping is the most toxic part of fandom... Honestly, that depends on the fandom, some smaller fandoms such as the Gotham fandom actually have a really calm, supportive and positive shipping community. It really does come down to the kinds of people in the fandom. If you ship toxic pairings, you support abusive relationships in …