Vogue has attracted a backlash after a writer described bisexuality as a ‘phase’.

In the fashion magazine’s latest issue, English supermodel Cara Delevingne confirms her latest relationship with musician St Vincent, also called Annie Clark.

‘Being in love with my girlfriend is a big part of why I’m feeling so happy with who I am these days,’ she said.

She also says she struggled with her sexuality as a child, knowing she had feelings for both men and women. But it was when she fell in love with a girl, she know she ‘had to accept it’.

The writer, Rob Haskell, says: ‘Her parents seem to think girls are just a phase for Cara, and they may be correct…

‘When I suggest to Cara that to trust a man, she might have to revise an old and stubborn idea of hers—that women are perennially troubled and therefore only women will accept her—her smile says she concedes the point.’

Angered, Julie Rodriguez has set up a petition on Care2 that has received over 10,000 signatures at the time of publication.

‘The idea that queer women only form relationships with other women as a result of childhood trauma is a harmful (and false) stereotype that lesbian and bisexual women have been combating for decades. How could Vogue’s editorial staff greenlight this article and publish it without anyone raising concerns about this dismissive and demeaning language?’ she said.

‘As a bisexual woman myself, I’ve experienced hurtful comments like this many times. People are quick to assume queer women’s identities are a “phase” and to refuse to recognize the important relationships in their lives — an attitude which can cause depression, result in families rejecting their daughters (or forcing them into abusive conversion “therapy”), and even put young women at risk of suicide.’

Rodriguez has called on Vogue magazine to apologize. Look at the petition here.