To commemorate Bisexual Visibility Day, 9-1-1 star Oliver Stark took to Instagram to share some thoughts on Buck’s personal journey thus far, including one very crucial point he hopes to “hammer home” when the ABC procedural returns for Season 9 on Oct. 9 (8/7c).

“One of my biggest joys of playing Buck over the past eight nine seasons is getting to tell the story of him discovering his bisexuality ,” Stark says in the video. “I hope, truly, that we have offered up some kind of positive representation. I’m really super proud of getting to be a part of this storyline.”

He continues: “I know there are a lot of people that think things like, you know, bisexual men are just too scared to come out as gay or whatever it is, and obviously that’s not the case. I really hope we get to ha

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