but first, a forword! to first answer the question " what is yuri" we must ask WHY is yuri.justice for girls and all that. yuri as a term originated from the Barazoku,( rose tribe ) a 1970s queer mens magazine which coined yurizoku (lily tribe) for the queer women readership! another term is GL, which is more for marketing to go with BL, and shoujo ai... shoujo ai comes with alot of scrutiny ( well deserved ) due to the fact its a eng fandom term that comes with the added baggage of reffering to pedophillic relationships irl in japan. i dont really see where the need to rechristen yuri came from , ive seen some thinkpieces done on how it got slumped with yaoi but im not a uke-ficionado though ive heard yaoi barely gets used nowadays and its mostly unaminously referred to as BL as opposed to yuri which is like always been in use.heres a compact list of stuff to read up on yuri wise