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Source: Getty Images. Shannon Purser comes out as bisexual after Twitter discussion with 'Riverdale' fans about queerbaiting. Published 3 July am. Share this with family and friends. Actor Natalie Morales has written a moving personal essay for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls website—detailing how she struggled with her sexuality as an adolescent but has now come to celebrate her queer identity.

I will never, ever forget that. I had never even met this man. Morales goes on to explain her high school romance with a girl—a relationship she kept a secret because of the shame she felt about her sexuality. After they broke up, Morales was devastated but also continued to feel guilt for being attracted to girls, having been brought up as a Catholic.

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I was ashamed and I thought I was dirty. I was told the idea of two women kissing was disgusting. In our very country, 49 people were killed and 58 people were wounded just last year because they were dancing in a gay club. You can read the full essay here. Share this with family and friends Copy link. Follow SBS Voices.

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