Katie is a young girl who is openly bisexual, meaning she likes boys and girls. She loves herself for who she is and is always friendly with her classmates.

Hi, I'm Katie!

Jessica is her best friend, and her sexual orientation is heterosexual, meaning she is only attracted to boys. Jessica has always supported Katie and loves her no matter what!

Katie has always been treated differently compared to her classmates. However, she has only let the bullying get to her this year.

Katie and Jessica have soccer in common with each other. They have always been on the school soccer team together.

However, Jessica was far from as good at the sport as Katie. Jessica only played soccer to spend more time with her best friend since Katie loved it so much. 

Katie, you're such a good soccer player!

It was time to decide who the school's soccer team captain would be. The girls were very excited, knowing that Katie was a strong candidate for the role.

You're definitely going to be chosen as captain, Katie!

But then the unexpected happened. Jessica was chosen as team captain! Katie was very upset that she did not get chosen.

Jessica is our new team captain! Congratulations!

Jessica knew this was wrong, and the role of team captain should have gone to Katie. She was disappointed for her friend since she knew that Katie deserved it much more than her.

This is not fair to you Katie!

At home, Katie was devastated over what had happened. She decided to talk to her mom and dad and possibly get an explanation for why she was not chosen as the team captain.

Mom! Dad! Are you home?

Her mom and dad said it had nothing to do with Katie's ability as a soccer player. Instead, they shared that she was discriminated against due to her sexual orientation.

This isn't fair!

Katie was confused and didn't know what this meant.

I don't understand.

Her parents said, "Discrimination is when a person is treated differently in a bad way because of how they identify." Her parents shared that Katie did not get chosen because Katie identifies as bisexual.