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Singaporean creators of boys’ love novels, Yolk (left) and Beatrix Lowe (right), are publishing their books with Singapore imprint Giraffe Media.
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SINGAPORE – When 37-year-old Beatrix Lowe discovered boys’ love (BL) fan fiction online as a teenager, she hid her interest from her classmates to avoid being shamed as a “fujoshi” or “rotten girl”.
When she started writing gay fan fiction, she would post them only on her private blog.

