“I’m bisexual myself. I identify as bi and queer and I thought for myself, growing up, I didn’t ever see myself on television. Not to mention that I’m Latina, so like, it was a very limited amount of characters and people that I identified with. And so, for me coming out publicly and then having our creator Dan Goor say, ‘This is something that we are kind of interested in exploring. Do you feel comfortable?’ I was like ‘Yes, absolutely,’ because I can think of many, many, many times when I was 13, 14 where I just felt like… I don’t know if I’m going to be okay. I don’t see families like the kind of family that I maybe want to build, I don’t see people succeeding that identify this way. So to be able to present that to kids that are watching our show and sort of say like ‘you’re going to be just fine, you’re going to be just fine’, it’s really a gift.”
“Speaking from personal experience, it feels so fucking good to be out. It’s still scary sometimes—I feel like an outsider so often. But those moments of discomfort are worth it, because living authentically gives me so much joy and feels so honest and good. In October, I will marry a heterosexual man. We’ll make vows that I will take very seriously—till death do us part. But I’ll be bi till the day I die, baby, and I vow to myself to always sing that truth.”
“Sometimes you don’t get kicked out of your house, and you don’t get all communication cut off from you. Sometimes it’s in the middle where your family loves you, but they don’t want to discuss it. Sometimes it’s complex.”
Amber 