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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

That combined male/female symbol means bisexual? I thought that meant transgender ally. I think you should use the infinity symbol instead because it's least confusing. I wouldn't mind ally flairs, though, since I thought we already had them, but not superstraight.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The combined male/female symbol is all over the place, it's been co-opted for many different usages over the years.

What kind of ally flairs would you be interested in or OK with? Or which ones (besides SuperStraight) would you not be OK with?

This post will stay up for a few weeks to make sure it gets visibility, and those users who aren't online every day get a chance to see and participate. So no rush to immediately answer :)

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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This seems to be a very common conflation. Which is why I don't like that bi symbol. It also suggests a hybridization of sex attraction like the trans symbol suggests a hybridization of sex characteristics. Neither which is true.

Actually, none of the bi symbols are particularly good, I guess. The others have their own problems with the implication of intrinsic or obligate polyamory with the symbolized threesomes :p

As for allies, I think a simple "Ally" flair would suffice. I also figured we had something like that already for some reason...

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe we need an entirely new bisexual symbol. I agree we could probably do better.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Working on it.