r/webtoons • • 4h ago

Question Is this logo offensive?

Hi guys! When I was designing the logo, I sincerely didn't know about this symbol and it was honestly just a coincidence that the symbol in the logo and the intersex* symbol are the same!

In the comic, I touch on many queer situations, mental health and disabilities, however, none of it is related to intersex people experiences, and now I'm worried that I've been unknowingly making fun of it or being offensive by having made my logo this way :(

Do you think it's wiser to change the logo? Aw man, I'm just so disappointed in myself, I'm really sorry

////Edit* Someone here informed me that the term intersex is better than hermaphrodite, so I changed the terms! Sorry for my ignorance! (⁠˘⁠・⁠_⁠・⁠˘⁠)

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u/BiGuywithnoGuide 2h ago

I would change it, both bc its clear people are confused and, considering the name (idk what the story is about) it could be implying a character is intersex as thats how many perisex people view being intersex as having both genitalia and that thats the gimmick or main point of the story. That OR you can find a way to incorporate it into the story so its on purpose.? I remember noticing a theme occurring in some stories I write that worked with what was in the story so I just kinda worked it in, kind of like when someone improvs a scene and the rest of the cast and crew roll with it