Cara Delevingne's Vogue interview prompts petition calling for apology

A new Vogue article, in which model Cara Delevingne opens up about her sexuality, has angered the lesbian, gay and bisexual community.

In the revealing interview, Delevingne talks about her mother's battle with heroin, her own struggles with depression and her ambivalence about modelling.

She also talks about finding happiness in her new relationship with singer Annie Clark, better known by her stage name, St. Vincent.

"I think that being in love with my girlfriend is a big part of why I'm feeling so happy with who I am these days. And for those words to come out of my mouth is actually a miracle," the 22-year-old says.
The It-Girl model who has also been linked to actor Michelle Rodriguez also says she struggled to come to terms with her sexuality.

"It took me a long time to accept the idea, until I first fell in love with a girl at 20 and recognised that I had to accept it," she explains. "But I have erotic dreams only about men. I had one two nights ago where I went up to a guy in the back of a VW minivan, with a bunch of his friends around him, and pretty much jumped him."

At this point in the feature, writer Rob Haskell notes: "Her parents seem to think girls are just a phase for Cara, and they may be correct".

He then quotes Delevingne again: "Women are what completely inspire me and they have also been my downfall. I have only been hurt by women, my mother first of all.

"The thing is," she continues, "if I ever found a guy I could fall in love with, I'd want to marry him and have his children. And that scares me to death because I think I'm a whole bunch of crazy, and I always worry that a guy will walk away once he really, truly knows me."

Haskell's interpretation that Delevingne's love of women might be a "phase" has upset people.

It prompted LGBT supporter Julie Rodriguez to start a petition, Tell Vogue Magazine: Being LGBT Isn't a "Phase"!

"Instead of the praising Cara for her honesty and holding her up as a role model for the LGBT community, the author of the piece, Rob Haskell, wrote this: 'Her parents seem to think girls are just a phase for Cara, and they may be correct'," Rodriguez explains.