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(:---wooerfara3661---:) 12:49, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Rie Rasmussen

Hi! You keep adding back the Category:Bisexual actors to Rie Rasmussen. You're basing that claim on the phrase "talking about things like her dabbling in bisexuality ('It was just another part of my life')", which is a dismissive comment that says she was bisexual, but it was a phase. To put her in the category not only violates WP:BLP, but it's inaccurate, since she says "was". Is there another reason to put her in the cat that I'm missing? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 15:36, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

That is not dismissive. She is saying that her behavior (many relationships with men and women before she met her present b/f) was not something to be ashamed of ("just another part of my life"), but that she is presumably monogamous now. She has made no secret of her sexuality. The journalist calls it "dabbling", which is a demeaning way of talking. RieR (talk) 22:08, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

She also said, “The only time I worked for Victoria’s Secret is because I, like everybody else, wanted to fuck a supermodel.” RieR (talk) 22:56, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Regardless, it's past tense. If she doesn't identify as bisexual in a present tense in a WP:RS, then we can't put her in the cat. Take a look at Little Richard - he says he's straight. So no Category:Gay musicians for his article. As for Rasmussen, I did a rather thorough search to see if I could find something to back it up, but couldn't. Let me know if you find anything! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 01:34, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Every interview is "past tense". That is an excuse to ignore any statement. And it was 2007! And the BLP conditions:

• The subject publicly self-identifies with the belief or orientation in question; (and being open about the orientation is enough - the word is not necessary)
• The subject's beliefs or sexual orientation are relevant to the subject's notable activities or public life, according to reliable published sources.(Her interviews are relevant to her modeling, her acting, and her other creative activities.

She is one of those people who, by their lives and public statements, are helping to make same-sex relationships accepted). RieR (talk) 15:24, 7 October 2008 (UTC)