User talk:MKALPHA

Hi, I'm kinda new to Wikipedia (hope I'm typing this in the right place) but I just thought it necessary to clarify that I believe she identifies as bisexual and not lesbian; it says she is bisexual elsewhere in the article, including in this case a source which confirms that she is 'openly bisexual', and specifically not lesbian as such. Also, I reached her page through clicking on a list of bisexual people on Wikipedia. Unless there is some source confirming that Pam identifies as a lesbian, it's inconsistent and a little offensive to bisexuals to assume that lesbian and bisexual mean the same thing. (Believe me, there a plenty of them who will take offence!) In fact, searching around, I can find a couple of relatively authoritative links which confirm what I'm thinking:

• Written in July of this year and says she’s ‘openly bisexual’, mentioning nothing about lesbianism: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/2011/07/08/pam-st-clement-to-quit-eastenders-after-more-than-25-years-115875-23255524/ • Written in August of this year and calling her a ‘bisexual star’ (and this is coming from a ‘Europe’s largest gay news service’—precise sexual identification matters to these people): http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/16/eastenders-pam-st-clement-to-write-tell-all-book/ • Plus others

None of them describe her as actually lesbian (I searched for that and I only seem to find pages where people are asking if she’s a lesbian or not or assuming she is, with no more reputable sources like newspapers or anything confirming that she is), and refer to her being bisexual. There are people who definitely find this to be an important distinction, plus it seems to be the truth. If it's not, of course, and there is some better evidence to be found, then it would be good to see it, and she shouldn't be in that list of bisexual people (that list seems to have a lot of problematic cases actually) in the first place. This article should say a bit more clearly that she *used* to identify as bisexual but is now exclusively lesbian if this is the case.

As I say I’m not quite sure what I’m doing on Wikipedia yet but if the article requires the sources I have listed here to confirm what I’m saying then I’d be happy to figure out how to put them in there.

MKALPHA (talk) 18:31, 11 October 2011 (UTC)