 Prior to the popularization of the term "yaoi", material in the nascent genre was called , a name derived from "June", a magazine that published male-male "tanbi" romances which took its name from the homoerotic stories of the French writer Jean Genet.In China, the term "danmei" is used, which is derived from "tanbi".The term ""bishōnen" manga" was used in the 1970s, but fell from favor in the 1990s when manga in this genre began to feature a broader range of protagonists beyond the traditional adolescent boys.