Here’s a very cool interview from the examiner.com’s national bisexual writer, Sheela Lambert.
When she sent it to me, I had an interesting reaction. The reason she wrote about the book is Ben’s “Bisexuality.” I thought: Wait. Is he bisexual? And who gets to decide?
This isn’t a criticism. It’s simply a question about labels and how they work. And what constitutes bisexuality, I guess.
To me, I suppose Ben falls on that continuum. But you could also say he’s straight except for when he starts to have strong feelings for his best friend, Rafe. Or you could decide he’s on the road to gayville and he’s currently in denial.
What do you think? Would you label Ben? What would that label be? And should he need to be labeled at all?