Not to say that my story is the same as Rosa’s at all. It’s not. But there were things that we wanted and thought would be really important — like the word itself: bisexual. To me, that’s an important word in my coming out. I know that not all people are totally celebratory of that word because it’s from a time where it was like these two genders — that’s all there is. And now there’s a lot more flexibility and fluidity in sexuality, which is why sometimes I gravitate toward the word queer as well. For me, bisexuality includes people that are trans, it can include people who identify in different kind of ways. But for Rosa, there was a point for her where she heard that word somewhere along the line and she saw herself in that word, so for her, it was important for her to identify in that way. I suggested that that word was really important to Rosa and that it also would be really important to the bi community to have that word said aloud on TV. Not just a suggestion that she dates girls now, but a clarity on this character: This is who I am, and I’d like you to know it — and accept it.
– Okay, I lied. – Thank you. – Not about the pie. About Thanksgiving. I’m not spending it alone. I’m spending it with my family. We’re seeing the new Minions musical on Broadway.
So Rosa doesn’t speak to her family but she’s close enough to her grandmother that she’d volunteer to pick her up from the airport and to have someone let her know she’s in jail and close enough to her dad that Pimento felt the need to learn Spanish to impress him.
