![]() ![]() A girl who gushed over the cute boy in her class but also got butterflies when that girl with the awesome hair smiled. Bottom line: I didn’t know bisexuality was an option. Unless I just “don’t like labels.” And maybe that last one would have resonated if 12-year-old me had any clue what that phrase meant. But I also knew I wasn’t a lesbian, so where did that leave me? All of the movies, television and books I saw confirmed that gay or straight were my only options. Looking back, I always knew I wasn’t straight. In fact, Grrrls on the Side features several bisexual girls because when I was growing up, a book like that didn’t exist and it should have.Ī lack of representation not only kept me in the closet, but it prevented me from even realizing that I’m bisexual. But this time I knew it had to be a girl. I came out as bisexual just after writing my last book, In the Present Tense, so it was important to me to write about another bisexual character. ![]() Be sure to check out the tour-wide giveaway at the end of the post! Today we are pleased to welcome Interlude Press author Carrie Pack to speak about how realizing her sexuality at a slightly later age inspired her new 90s punk rock F/F book, Grrrls On The Side. ![]()
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