When Katie replied that it would be a problem, she said that Stout and some other girls at the bar with her “all [jumped] at me, like, ‘What? Why would you say that? That’s so messed up.’”
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“I want literally nothing to do with straight people, which is why I’m in Cubbyhole in the first place,” Katie continued, pointing out the uniquely queer space that bars like Cubbyhole provide to her and the rest of the community. “I have seen a lot of cis, straight guys come into this bar and cause problems. It’s a known thing… There are straight dudes that come into these bars specifically ’cause they’re trying to pick up girls. So I wasn’t trying to instigate anything. I was just trying to safety check.”
In a follow-up video, Katie said that after this altercation, she and her friend stepped outside the bar, where Stout was standing with her friends.
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“The girl who posted the TikTok looked up at me and goes, ‘Oh, look. There’s that B- word again,’” she added. “They seem like they’re trying to start a fight with me.”
Although Katie and her friend left afterward, she noted that “it was a little scary because that situation could’ve gone a million different ways… I have been in similar situations where, candidly, something really bad did happen.”
Has Lexi Stout addressed the controversy?
For better or worse, yes. Stout brought up the controversy during a February 1 “get ready with me” video. She shared with her followers that she got less than six hours of sleep the night before, adding, “I’m also maybe a little stressed over the video that’s going viral on my page right now.”
“I didn’t mean any ill will by it, and the lesbians of TikTok are coming for me, and I’m sorry for that,” Stout continued.
Rather than expressing a desire to learn about being a better ally, she placed the blame on the aforementioned mean queers.
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“I really just had a genuine question, and I didn’t know I was gonna get yelled at, bombarded, screamed at,” Stout said. “There’s lots of mean things going on in those comments.”
In short, don’t expect to see the content creator in a sapphic space again anytime soon.
“I have learned my lesson, and I will never be returning to a lesbian bar ever again, for good reason,” Stout added. “It’s plain and simple: It’s not a space for me.”
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