Profile of requestor should be visible; no outgoing request instance variable needed

app/controllers/people_controller.rb

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
 
     if @person
       @incoming_request = Request.to(current_user).from(@person).first
-      @outgoing_request = Request.from(current_user).to(@person).first
 
       @profile = @person.profile
       @contact = current_user.contact_for(@person)

app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       %br
       %hr{:style=>"width:300px;"}
 
-  -if (contact && !contact.pending?) || person == current_user.person
+  -if (contact && !contact.pending?) || person == current_user.person || @incoming_request
     %ul#profile_information
       %li
         %h3 #{t('.bio')}