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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 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.

[–]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.