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Why Do LGBT People Love Anime?

We asked queer cosplayers at Anime Expo 2018 why they love anime and geek culture so much!

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Raffy Ermac
By Raffy ErmacJuly 26 2018 / 3:18 PM
Raffy Ermac

Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel. 

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PRIDE's editor-in-chief Raffy Ermac attended this year's Anime Expo—North America's largest and most-attended convention celebrating everything about Japanese animation—and asked LGBT cosplayers about their love for anime! 

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