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BISEXUAL VIRGINS: CROSSING THE LINE
Tuesday May 5, 2009 at 10pm PT on CBC Newsworld


"I think bisexuals and bisexuality is quite invisible and it's very likely that there are far more bisexuals out there than we know.  They may even be some kind of silent majority."
- Corey Silverberg, Sex educator, Toronto

Bisexual Virgins: Crossing the Line is a one-hour TV documentary filmed in Toronto that follows two young women, Tina Ames and Samantha Smith, as they finally break through their inhibitions to explore the world of bisexuality.  Bisexuality may be the latest trend among the likes of Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears or even David Bowie, but if you're a small town Canadian girl who's lived a pretty normal life, like Tina and Sam, it can be daunting and even downright scary to follow through with your desires.

"Once you cross the line and have an experience with a woman or what not you get a label on you that you are a lesbian or bisexual, you never get that label off."
- Tina Ames, 28, bi-curious


Bisexual Virgins: Crossing the Line is an original concept created, written and directed by Suzanne Babin and Leona Gilbert and produced by independent film company Deveaux-Babin Productions. The film offers insights into the free-wheeling world of Toronto's bisexual scene where two women, Tina and Sam, explore the complex issue of sex - they examine and act on their repressed sexual feelings to try and make the decision on their identity - are they heterosexual or are they bisexual?

"I've done the hot and heavy with men. It doesn't interest me anymore. I'm looking for something more, something that's deeper."
- Sam Smith, 23, bi-curious


Both women have lived "straight " lives until the cameras roll. Tina works in Human Resources for a large company and spends much of her time with her "best buds" from a small town near Kingston. Samantha is finishing college and works part time as a yoga instructor. Entering the sexy, free and ambiguous world of bisexuality is challenging for both of them. Not connected to any groups, the two women become friends and check out bisexual bars, bisexual workshops and in frustration they attend a bi-flirting seminar, all while trying to find a woman who is open to a bisexual relationship.

By the end of the film both women have changed their views about their sexuality and also the way they see each other. A surprise ending which no one, not even the women themselves, could have foreseen, forces us all to look at the fluidity of sexuality in a whole new way.

Bisexual Virgins: Crossing the Line was produced by Deveaux Babin Productions in association with CBC Newsworld.