Matt & Nat mistaken for anti-homosexual slur

[everybone]

I have several purses by Matt & Nat (a vegan handbag company based in Montreal). Today my boss asked me why I had an anti-homosexual symbol on my purse:

Comments

[dont_hideaway]

I thought the same thing when I first saw the M&N symbol. Because Im a homosexual, i jumped right into detective mode...Turns out their quite a gay-friendly company, which is great.

it's just one of those things that happens

[xpink_piratex]

whats your icon from? i recognise those folks

[_fishbone]

i'm a gay girl but i don't really see the problem with it. if it said marriage = or something that would irritate me, but come on. it's a boy and a girl. lots of boys and girls like to be together just like girls and girls and guys and guys like to be together. i think people are just taking things a bit too seriously. o__o

[vgnwtch]

I can see where the confusion comes in, but it also needn't be a huge deal; a courteous email to Matt & Nat and a winning smile and pleasant tone to those who question you about it ought to do the trick.

It is sad that same-sex partnerships are a huge political lightning-rod. You'd think people would have better things to worry about than who loves who how.

[stonewall_jenny]

That's kind of funny, because my friend has one of these purses, and when I first saw it I thought it was a guy and a guy..and I thought "oh, thats kind of different..", but it turned out to be just a guy and a girl.

[sinistervanity]

Wow, that sux, I'd never think of that if I saw that sign, but now that you mention it, it does make sense.