The 'Paper Towns' actress is defending her sexuality after a recent Vogue interview seemed to suggest her bisexuality could be a phase.
- Jul 17, 2015
AceShowbiz - Cara Delevingne is setting the record straight about her sexuality after a recent Vogue interview led to an online petition protesting the suggestion that her bisexuality could be a phase. Speaking to New York Times, Cara said she found the protest flattering but saw "nothing malicious" in the article itself.
"My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am," said the "Suicide Squad" actress, before adding that being in love also helped her with life's distractions. "Being in love helps, you know? If you're in love with someone, you can be with them like no one else is in the room," she explained, "Acting is like that. It's like taking that feeling and turning it on so nothing else matters when you're looking in another actor's face."
In the Vogue's July issue article, writer Rob Haskell suggested that Cara's sexual orientation might not be permanent. "Her parents seem to think girls are just a phase for Cara, and they may be correct," Robert wrote. "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."
The article later drew an online petition demanding that the magazine recognize that being LGBT is not a phase. Petition founder Julie Rodriguez posted, "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."
