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  • noun An Asian aesthetic of young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation, found in manga etc.

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Japanese bishōnen

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  • see Momus

    I was born to be a girlish boy

    And my lover is a boyish girl

    And if everyone could be this way

    We could change the world

    see Izzy

    December 6, 2006