In this video I discuss the phenomenon in fan culture to find the gay in everything. Specifically, why do young women insist on pairing up male characters who otherwise present straight in the media they appear in? I offer an explanation for why, but let me know what you think and check out the resources below.

Rowan Ellis is a great resource if you want to look further into questions like queerbaiting and gays in media.

The Evolution Of Queerbaiting: From Queercoding to Queercatching [ Ссылка ]

36 tv characters who should have been gay [ Ссылка ]

exhausted homosexual reacts to destiel [ Ссылка ]

The Artisan Geek also goes into the subject of fetishizing gay men, specifically talking about Yaoi

Fetishising Gay Men | A Yaoi Discussion [ Ссылка ]

Tumblr going off about the gender disparity that leads to M/M character shipping:
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