My friend is a huge fan of it and she likes it because it's different. (from the whole girl meets guy, they fall in love thing) And there's this kinda "forbidden" sense about it since some prejudices are still alive.
Being gay myself, I really don't know how offended by this topic and the posts within it I should be.
Though I feel I should be quite offended.
Everyone is so hypocritical and stereotypical, it makes all straight people seem like the symbol of arrogance.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! This is the kind of stereotyping that makes me sick. Just because some straight people are hypocrites doesn't mean we all are. You're the hypocrite here.
I like that's forbidden love and the plots most of the time are really good. I also love the fact that there are no annoying girls going around acting like sluts because they're boy crazy. the art is usually top notch and the characters don't always look feminine. Basically if guys enjoyed watching yuri and porno in real life than it's perfectly acceptable that girls would be the same way with the opposite kind of porno. Guys like girlxgirl so naturally girls like guyxguy, simpleheart as that!
When I read yaoi(ish) manga, such as Vassalord or Boys Next Door, it's not the yaoi I care about...the plot is /usually/ very good, and the relationship between the characters just fits. I haven't read a lot of yaoi, but I don't mind it if it fits.