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[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Realistic bisexual characters are rare. I think both Rosa Díaz from Brooklyn 99 and Queen Maeve from the Boys are accurate at their heart- they're both wildly overblown though. I felt their storylines at least.

I can't recall ever seeing a fictional portrayal of a bisexual male.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can't recall ever seeing a fictional portrayal of a bisexual male.

They're certainly few and far between! Even compared to bi female characters, who aren't exactly overabundant either. Especially in well-written, non-cringe form.

Here's some examples of at least halfway decent fictional-bi-guy rep:

  • Det. Timothy Bayliss, Homicide: Life on the Street (till they managed to drop the ball anyway)
  • John Constantine, Legends of Tomorrow
  • Jacob Cullen & Christopher Ferris, As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
  • Joe Macmillan, Halt and Catch Fire
  • Prince Oberyn Martell, Game of Thrones
  • Lieutenant Billy Prior, Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker
  • Darryl Whitefeather, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Yeah, it ain't much, but at this point I'm glad to find anything at all...

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wasn’t expecting this many bisexual male characters, but I’m happy to see this. I will never forget the sex scene between Prince Oberyn Martell, his wife and Loras's favourite gigolo, where Oberyn and the rent boy talked about being gay and being bisexual without using the terms.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The only time I've seen 'bisexual' males in movies is when you've got a seemingly straight lead that gets seduced into sleeping with a man, like in Rocky Horror and Cabaret, but even then, it might be a case of bicuriousity more than actually being a bisexual.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I hadn't even considered older movies. Wasn't there a bisexual character in Velvet Gold mine? Was the lead bi? I feel like it got brought up.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I haven't watched that, but he's definitely with both women and men according to the wiki synopsis.

[–]SilverWolf 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Brokeback mountain maybe? I think both the guys were married to women, but they might have been beards, can't really remember.

Edit: Wikipedia has a page "category:Male bisexuality in film" with 100 results