Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30450220-20170626021526/@comment-25936766-20170731152836

Mhalpern wrote: Just because no one cares about it, doesn't mean it isn't a thing, Blake wants to blend in and not be judged, at all, so she has to appear normal, being in a relationship that isn't generally the norm would draw attention to herself The problem: If no one gives a damn about those things, no one will draw attention via those things.

LGBT people draw attention to themselves because we, modern humans of Real Life, give a damn about LGBT. But if people in Remnant don't care about it, it won't draw attention. At most, people would make comments like "Oh, she likes girls? I knew there was something fishy". And then they would move on with their lives uncaringly.

Do you care about someone breathing? Do you care about someone eating a salad? Do you care about someone using a pencil? Do you care about someone wearing jeans? No. Then, if someone does any of that, it won't draw attention, because:

Blake doesn't want to be prejudiced for being a Faunus. Because, at least in her mind, people discriminate against Faunus. In her mind at least, revealing she's a Faunus could lead to her being bullied or isolated.

But if people don't discriminate against LGBT people, then there would be no problem if she was a lesbian or bisexual or anything.

That's the key word here: Discrimination. That's the root of Blake's decision to wear her bow.