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In “(Un)seen and (Un)spoken: The Challenge of Representing Bisexuality and Multiraciality in Grown-ish”, Kaity Prieto, Lisa Delacruz Combs, Jacob P. Wong-Campbell, Rebecca Cepeda Villarama, and Marc Johnston Guerrero explore the social imperceptibility of bisexuality by comparing and contrasting its popular cultural representations with that of another liminal identity—multiraciality: the latter relies heavily on visual markers of difference (phenotype) whereas the former is often rendered invisible; but both highlight the in-betweenness that situates multiracial and bisexual people betwixt and between rigid categories of sexuality and race. Prieto et al. seek not to assert that multiracial and bisexual people move through the world in identical ways, but rather they explore the interconnectivity of these two liminal identities, considering the ethical implications of depicting multiraciality and bisexuality on screen. This chapter contends that queer representations in popular media create expectations and new scripts for young people exploring their sexuality in a manner that is similar to the ways in which depictions of multiraciality may inform multiracial identity development. Prieto et al. contrast depictions of bisexuality and multiraciality, which heavily relies on visual markers, to demonstrate the importance of dialogue in representing bisexuality on screen. In order to explore the challenges related to depicting liminal identities, along with the implications of these depictions, they offer a close reading of Grown-ish, a Freeform spin-off of the television series Black-ish, which features a diverse cast of bisexual/pansexual and multiracial characters. Prieto et al. contrast the role of dialogue with visual cues, and the assumptions these representative strategies permit, to offer alternative representations that might better allow viewers to interrogate systemic oppression such as monosexism and monoracism. Finally, they argue that shows like Grown-ish open doors to conversation among bisexual and multiracial youth about how they exist—and thrive—in the in-between.

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(Un)seen and (Un)spoken: The Challenge of Representing Bisexuality and Multiraciality in Grown-ish

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    2026年

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  • Kaity Prieto,
  • Lisa Delacruz Combs,
  • Jacob P. Wong-Campbell,
  • Rebecca Cepeda Villarama,
  • Marc Johnston Guerrero

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In “(Un)seen and (Un)spoken: The Challenge of Representing Bisexuality and Multiraciality in Grown-ish”, Kaity Prieto, Lisa Delacruz Combs, Jacob P. Wong-Campbell, Rebecca Cepeda Villarama, and Marc Johnston Guerrero explore the social imperceptibility of bisexuality by comparing and contrasting its popular cultural representations with that of another liminal identity—multiraciality: the latter relies heavily on visual markers of difference (phenotype) whereas the former is often rendered invisible; but both highlight the in-betweenness that situates multiracial and bisexual people betwixt and between rigid categories of sexuality and race. Prieto et al. seek not to assert that multiracial and bisexual people move through the world in identical ways, but rather they explore the interconnectivity of these two liminal identities, considering the ethical implications of depicting multiraciality and bisexuality on screen. This chapter contends that queer representations in popular media create expectations and new scripts for young people exploring their sexuality in a manner that is similar to the ways in which depictions of multiraciality may inform multiracial identity development. Prieto et al. contrast depictions of bisexuality and multiraciality, which heavily relies on visual markers, to demonstrate the importance of dialogue in representing bisexuality on screen. In order to explore the challenges related to depicting liminal identities, along with the implications of these depictions, they offer a close reading of Grown-ish, a Freeform spin-off of the television series Black-ish, which features a diverse cast of bisexual/pansexual and multiracial characters. Prieto et al. contrast the role of dialogue with visual cues, and the assumptions these representative strategies permit, to offer alternative representations that might better allow viewers to interrogate systemic oppression such as monosexism and monoracism. Finally, they argue that shows like Grown-ish open doors to conversation among bisexual and multiracial youth about how they exist—and thrive—in the in-between.