in 2016, katie salmon was a contestant on itv2‘s love island. t for katie, one of her matches wasn't male. she became half of the show‘s first and only same—sex pairing when she chose fellow contestant sophie graden to couple up with. there's nothing to be ashamed of, there's nothing to be feel bad about. you're completely normal and, you know, there are so many people out there like you and just as long as you love you, that's all that matters. both katie and sophie were open about their bisexuality on the show, coming out of a tv audience of about 1.5 million people. sophie sadly died this year, but katie has now spoken for the first time about the biphobia she faced from both the gay and straight community when she returned from the show. i was always in the gay clubs, so, yeah, it was always in the back of my head i was thinking that, oh, i feel this feeling. maybe just because i'm in these clubs, maybe it'sjust because i'm around these people and so i kind of, like, put a cover over it and kind ofjust not it's because of who i'm surrounding

one of those is katie salmon, the love island contestant, who speaks for the very first time about beingtely doubted me and were, like, criticising me and kind ofjust treating it like it was nothing. "0h, she's just doing it for another reason, that's not really who she is." like doing it for publicity or something? 100%, yeah. if you've experienced prejudice or abuse because you're bisexual, let us know. labour will vote against theresa may's brexit deal.