And what was she, the fairy Melusine?

It was very rarely anything approaching homophobia on their parts. I think it had more to do with confusion about how you were dealing with everything. Some of the battles you had to fight with yourself weren't easy things to watch, particularly for a peer group that doesn't come into contact with much of that stuff.

As to 'Openly Bi-Girl', you know better than anyone the pressures of Catholic sexuality guilt. Sometimes we all need a scapegoat/get-out-of-jail-free card, and you put yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bad luck, possibly poor planning, but ultimately not cometing to be guilty about.