I’ll Bi That For A Dollar: Bisexual Reality TV Stars You Didn't Know Swing Both Ways
Now, more than ever, representation matters! Reality TV has boomed and its LGBTQ+ stars have household names. It seems that most of the representation in reality television comes from the first two letter of LGBTQ+ as the many of news stories focus on the gay and lesbian stars. But there’s an abundance of bisexual and pansexual stars as well, meaning that they don’t just find love with the same sex but instead can find it with anyone. And more love in this world can only be a good thing.
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From stars like Bachelor In Paradise’s Demi Burnett and Queer Eye foodie Antoni Porowski to Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood’s Moniece Slaughter, these stars’ open and out bisexuality means that younger people who identify similarly can find real representation in media.
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Check out the gallery to see which of your favorite reality stars don’t discriminate when in comes to gender and are bisexual!
1. Moniece Slaughter.
When Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Moniece Slaughter came out as bisexual, her father disowned her. This is just the type of painful experience that resonates with younger bisexual viewers looking for representation and perhaps guidance in their own struggle. Said Slaughter, "I used to feel so hurt. Then I felt angry. Then I felt slightly empathetic. Now I feel literally nothing about the matter. It took a while.”
2. Courtney Act.
Courtney Act — the stage name of gender-queer drag performer Shane Jenek — identifies as pansexual. Act told Attitude that “It’s important to acknowledge bisexual, pansexual. We have such a rigid idea of what heterosexuality is and that’s problematic. We have such a rigid idea of what gay is and that’s also problematic."
3. Antoni Porowski.
Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski is the food and wine connoisseur on the hit Netflix series. Porowski was quick to point out to The Gay Times that he doesn’t like labels of any sort — but that he’s more pansexual than anything else. “Some people want to define themselves, and they should as it’s part of their identity,” he said. “For me personally, I’ve never really had a label for myself… So even being called bisexual… I remember in my early twenties I was like, ‘But bisexual means I can only like girls and guys, what if I like something else?’ Maybe it’s just my rebellious nature. I’m me, I’m Antoni, and I’m all these things.”
4. Jenna Brown.
Jenna Brown appeared on You Are The One, an MTV dating reality series. But before Brown could even be officially matched with another contestant on the show, she found herself in a relationship with non-binary and transmasculine castmate Kai Wes. The pair separated when the show’s matchmakers told them it wouldn’t work, and Brown realized they were right.
5. Jaimi King.
Jaimi King was the first openly bisexual contestant to appear on The Bachelor. The pastry chef from New Orleans said “I realized that I think I am a homo-romantic, because I feel like I could fall in love with anyone, and I have. And sexually, I go homosexual as well. I guess it basically is bisexual. But I don't want to narrow myself down to two sexes or genders. 'Fluid' would be more open to everything — not just male or female”.
6. Demi Burnett.
Demi Burnett, from Bachelor In Paradise (the Colton Underwood season for those keeping score), calls herself a “queer queen” and openly discusses her bisexuality. And while Jaimi King was the first openly bisexual contestant, Burnett and her girlfriend made the first same-sex couple the franchise has ever seen. Burnett said on the show that, "I know that I love this girl. I'm just so happy that I found her, and I can definitely picture being with her for the rest of my life."
Bachelor In Paradise star, Demi Burnett calls herself a “queer queen”. While Jaimi King was the first openly bisexual contestant, Burnett and her girlfriend made the first same-sex couple the franchise has ever seen. Burnett said on the show that, "I know that I love this girl. I'm just so happy that I found her, and I can definitely picture being with her for the rest of my life."
7. Tila Tequila.
While not at all a role model, A Shot At Love with Tila Tequila star Tila Tequila came out as bisexual back in the ’00s, long before many others in media. Tequila’s reality show had both men and women vying for her heart. But in 2013 she posed in Nazi regalia, and in 2017 was suspended from Twitter for hate speech.
8. Angelique ‘Frenchy’ Morgan.
Rock of Love and I Love Money 2 star Angelique ‘Frenchy’ Morgan appeared on the UK version of Celebrity Big Brother where she famously cut up a pair of boxers that belonged to castmate Leslie Jordan. But when she stopped scissoring underwear, she started dating Maxim model Gabi Grecko. Said Grecko on her Instagram, “She makes me happier than anyone else could … this wonderful woman has been great it's fate that we now know each other. She makes me happier than anyone else could #mygirl".” They broke up a month later.
9. Jazz Jennings.
Transgender activist and reality TV star Jazz Jennings has made herself known as pansexual.. In a post on Twitter, Jennings said “I am pansexual. This means that I am attracted to people at a level that surpasses gender identity or sexual orientation. I love people for their souls and internal beauty.”