#Also no I don't begrudge them keeping part of the profit from their pride merch like I said they don't have a label backing them

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How much do you wanna bet Ariel Bloomer (Icon For Hire's lead singer) is a closeted bigot who just pretends to like LGBT people because she'll get more money that way?

omg Anon you're sooooo big brained (please note the sarcasm)

Also find it hilarious that you felt you had to clarify to me, of all people, who Ariel is.

For real though? I do get the urge to react with wariness about if a creator is actually supportive or just chasing profit, you wanna know why I don't think IFH is just chasing profit? Here we go:

First off, this is from the official merch website, it's the description for the #IconArmy pride shirt. Note that last sentence, that's what's important here

If Icon was trying to just profit off us they wouldn't, ya know, give a portion of that profit to The Trevor Project (especially if they were also homophobic).

Secondly, I want you to know that Icon is in a completely different situation to a band on a label. Without a label they live and die off their fans.

Now, taking that into consideration, wouldn't it make more sense to not take a hard stance one way or another (something some labels will demand of their bands) so as to appeal to the widest possible audience?