Was anyone else a little put off by the Out people sticking Emily (self described Bi woman) in a unicorn dress? Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it doesn't sit right with me.
Yeah, I think I am probably being too sensitive to it. I just have, uh, personal experience with gay men being extremely biphobic so my mind immediately goes to "what did these evil people do to Emily??" when it's nothing. Thank you for your input on it.
What's wrong with unicorns? I must have missed something...
It's specifically about calling a Bi Woman a "unicorn", not the term generally. And I mainly brought it up because I figured an "LGBTQ+" magazine would know stuff that a provincial queer like myself knows.We better hope no one comes up with the idea to call something bad "star trekking"...
Is seeing a unicorn picture really hurtful for some?
Yeah, I was wondering if reclaiming the word was part of it. But I'm just a boy so I wanted some input from people who'd be more personally affected by it. Like I said upthread, not the end of the world or anything. Just personally I was off put by it.Perhaps they don't wanna give whoever invented that connection the power to determine what people can wear or not
This is just it, right? "LGBT" groups often treat the B as silent. So I'm not at all inclined to give Out magazine the benefit of the doubt. I think if Emily was fine with it it's probably cool, but she's probably never had to wade through dozens of messages from creepy straight couples trying to "hunt" for her on Tinder.
