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Vogue Under Fire For Calling Cara Delevingne's Bisexuality “Just A Phase”

Vogue magazine has come under fire for writer Rob Haskell's interview with July cover girl Cara Delevingne–specifically his comment that her bisexuality is "just a phase."

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Delevingne, who is currently in a relationship with singer St. Vincent, has been candid about her affinity for both genders. (She was previously linked to actress Michelle Rodriguez).

In his piece, Haskell suggests that Delevingne's attraction to women stems from her rocky relationship with her mother.

Her parents seem to think girls are just a phase for Cara, and they may be correct.

When I suggest to Cara that to trust a man, she might have to revise an old and stubborn idea of hers–that women are perennially troubled and therefore only women will accept her–her smile says she concedes the point.

Thank you for that deduction, Mr. Haskell.

LGBT advocate Julia Rodriguez launched a petition demanding Vogue's editor Anna Wintour make a formal apology to the bisexual community for Haskell's woefully dated view of female sexuality. It's already amassing more than 12,000  signatures.

Rodriguez explains the danger of Haskell's comments:

The idea that queer women only form relationships with other women as a result of childhood trauma is a harmful (and false) stereotype that lesbian and bisexual women have been combating for decades.

How could Vogue’s editorial staff greenlight this article and publish it without anyone raising concerns about this dismissive and demeaning language?

As a bisexual woman myself, I’ve experienced hurtful comments like this many times. People are quick to assume queer women’s identities are a ‘phase’ and to refuse to recognize the important relationships in their lives—an attitude which can cause depression, result in families rejecting their daughters (or forcing them into abusive conversion “therapy”), and even put young women at risk of suicide.

Vogue should have taken this opportunity to combat negative stereotypes, not reinforce them.

Ms. Wintour, take off the sunglasses and do the right thing.

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