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Tiny correction:
"Bara" isn't actually what manga by gay men for gay men is called. "Bara" as a label for gay manga came from online heterosexual communities that stumbled upon scans of early Bara-Komi (a gay manga magazine) manga. In fact, the magazine has been out of publication for a long time and "bara" has both been used as a gay pejorative and is very outdated.
However, it is true that fans in the West have adopted the label "bara" due to being ignorant of all that stuff. So if you do want to find gay manga by gay men, you do have to search for "bara." So you technically are correct, even if that isn't what it's referred to in Japan.
For further reading on the history of gay manga in Japan as well as information from interviews with the biggest mangaka of the gay manga industry, check out: Massive: Gay Japanese Manga And The Men Who Make It
Amazon link (book is NSFW due to actually containing gay manga): https://www.amazon.com/Massive-Gay-Japanese-Manga-Make/dp/1606997858
Not an image bara post, but this humble bundle contains MASSIVE, a must for every bara lover who wants to know more about the history of the genre and the most famous authors of Bara!
Includes Gengoroh Tagame, Gai Mizuki, Inu Yoshi, Takeshi Matsu, Jiraiya, Fumi Miyabi, and many more.
It normally costs about 25$ or more, but in the bundle you get it for 15$, plus other wonderful media, like Wandering Son.
Get your Bara knowledge and do something good for the world! ;3