Danmei

Danmei (Chinese: 耽美; pinyin: dānměi; lit. 'indulging beauty') is a Chinese genre of literature and other fictional media that features romantic relationships between male characters. Danmei is typically created by and targeted towards a heterosexual female audience.^[1] While danmei works and their adaptations have achieved widespread popularity in China and globally, their legal status remains unclear due to Chinese censorship policies.^[2] The female same-gender counterpart to danmei is known as bǎihé (Chinese: 百合; lit. 'lilies'), which is an orthographic reborrowing of the Japanese word yuri, but it is not as well known or popular as danmei.^[3]

^ "Click bait: Homoerotic fiction is doing surprisingly well among straight women". The Economist. 14 November 2015.
^ Zhou, Viola; Ewe, Koh (5 April 2021). "Boys Keep Flirting With Each Other on Chinese TV But Never Fall in Love". Vice. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference Liang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[clickbait-1] "Click bait: Homoerotic fiction is doing surprisingly well among straight women". The Economist. 14 November 2015.

[VICE-2] Zhou, Viola; Ewe, Koh (5 April 2021). "Boys Keep Flirting With Each Other on Chinese TV But Never Fall in Love". Vice. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[Liang-3] Cite error: The named reference Liang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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