bara

Meaning

Noun

• A genre of homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
• Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
• Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.

Origin

• Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族, the name of Japan's first modern gay men's magazine, named after a post-World War II term for gay men.