Callie Torres

Visi(bi)lity: In Praise of Callie Torres

Sex and Sexuality post by Carrie Nelson on March 14, 2012 - 1:38pm; tagged bisexual, bisexual visibility, bisexuality, Callie Torres, Grey's Anatomy, television, Visi(bi)lity, women of color.
A woman in a hospital gown sits on an examining table in between a man and a woman dressed in doctor’s scrubs. They have concerned looks on their faces.

Yesterday, I wrote about one of the worst bisexual characters I’ve ever seen. By contrast, I want to spend today focusing on one of the best bisexual characters I’ve ever seen: Dr. Calliope (Callie) Torres on Grey’s Anatomy. I’m not a regular viewer of Grey’s; though I understand why many viewers love it, the show just isn’t my cup of tea. But I will absolutely give it credit for its excellent depictions of women, people of color, and queer people, all of which culminate in the nuanced depiction of Callie. Her characterization manages to avoid the stereotypes commonly found in explicitly bi characters, allowing her to be a positive, realistic, three-dimensional bi woman.

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