The Toronto Tempo’s New Mascot Is a Butch With She/They Pronouns and a Gorgeous Rumored GF

A new butch snapping turtle icon has entered the chat (with a femme rabbit, as well).The Toronto Tempo unveiled two new mascots on Tuesday, with the life-size furries taking the floor at the Scotiabank Arena in a game against the Indiana Fever. The two mascots, Dez and Dot are, respectively, a tortoise and a hare: more accurately, a snapping turtle and an arctic hare. See on Instagram “From the beginning, we wanted our mascots to feel distinctly Tempo – rooted in who we are as a Canadian team,” Whitney Bell, the Toronto Tempo’s chief marketing officer, said in a statement on the WNBA team’s official website. “Dez and Dot have completely different personalities, but they’re better together. One knows when to slow things down, the other knows when to turn the energy all the way up. That balance felt like such a natural expression of Tempo, and we can’t wait for our fans to get to know them.”But unlike many sports mascots who are just kind of weird little creatures with very limited backstory, the Tempo’s press release includes a dossier on the pair that reads like a novella — a very queer novella. Dez, who uses she/they pronouns, is a “borealis blue” snapping turtle from Muskoka, Ontario. Their name is a play on the word “decibel” due to their love of music. They are described as “calm, clever and thinking a few steps ahead.” Dez, who is also clearly a bit more butch, is also a Taurus who DJs in their spare time, meaning this might be the first-ever DJ mascot who uses they pronouns. (This is the future liberals want, et cetera, et cetera.) See on Instagram Dez’s counterpart, Dot, is an arctic hare who takes her name from Toronto’s nickname T-Dot. As a true foil to Dez’s more measured personality, Dot is energetic and enthusiastic and serves as the “hype woman” of the pair. She is a Gemini who loves cotton candy. (No side hustle for Dot, apparently.) See on Instagram Of course, given Dez’s use of they/them pronouns, many pe