Michelle Rodriguez Asks ‘What’s Wrong with Being Bi?’ (Video)

Dr. Gary Gates, the brilliant demographer at The Williams Institute published findings in 2011 estimating that the self-identified LGBT population in the US came out to 3.8 percent or roughly nine…

By Karen Ocamb

May 20, 2014 :: 4:30 PM

Dr. Gary Gates, the brilliant demographer at The Williams Institute, published findings in 2011 estimating that the self-identified LGBT population in the US came out to 3.8% or roughly nine million people. He explained later that “within the LGB portion, (estimated 3.5 percent of adults), roughly half identify as lesbian or gay and half identify as bisexual, though this differs somewhat between men and women. Women are more likely to identify as bisexual while men are more likely to identify as gay.”

At the LGBT Bloggers and Reporters Convening last March, Faith Cheltenham, President of BiNet USA, pointed out that bisexuality is often overlooked as a real identification. Not so at the recent fundraiser for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center—An Evening With Women. Actress, model and singer Evan Rachel Wood, for instance, was outspoken on the red carpet about her bisexuality.

But it was “tough gal” actress Michelle Rodriguez who really nailed the problem: for some reason, many LGBT people think there is something “wrong” with being bisexual. Here Rodriguez tells Renee Sotile and Mary Jo Godges of LGBT Hollywood that the entertainment industry needs to write more “open” characters:

What’s wrong with being bi? I mean, we’re getting flack everywhere we go. What’s going on? But at the end of the day, the people in the field making these movies need to be making those decisions. They just need to write more openly. Cause it’s about Hot! If it’s hot, it’s hot! It doesn’t matter if it’s a guy or a girl or gay or straight. If it’s hot, it’s hot and that’s a universal thing. So ultimately, at the end of the day, what I would suggest is just yelling at all those gay writers out there to step up and make something fly for their kind.