David Hall is a bisexual man of color. He spoke about coming out and the challenges of having others affirm his bisexuality when he's in a relationship with another man.

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David Hall: I didn't come out until I was 18. I was kind of pushed to come out by my brother, but I didn't really live to, like, my fullest extent until I came here.

I went to Stevens College, and it took me a little bit, even then, to kind of just warm up to my friends and be like, “Hey, I'm bisexual.”

From there, it's just been nothing but embracing myself, bringing up more of like, “Hey, people can be bisexual.”

A lot of people, they look at me and they see that I'm in, like, what is technically a gay relationship, becaus

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