Carole Baskin Came Out As Bi And Said, "I Have Always Considered Myself To Be Bisexual"

    "I realized I had just as equal feelings for women as I did for men.”

    You know Carole Baskin, the cat lady from Tiger King, internet sensation, and recent contestant on Dancing with the Stars.

    Carole talking in an animal print vest

    Well, she just came out as bi. In an interview with Pink News, the 59-year-old said, "I have always considered myself to be bisexual. Even though I’ve never had a wife, I could just as easily have a wife as a husband."

    Carole talking in a Big Cat Rescue shirt

    The Big Cat Rescue owner recalled being introduced to the queer community back in the '80s by her fiancé.

    Carole in a flower crown and animal-print shirt

    "I was engaged to a psychologist, and that was his entire field, dealing with the LGBT+ community. It was during the period when AIDS was just wreaking havoc around the world, and people were losing their loved ones, so I became very close to people in that community then."

    Carole talking in an animal print shirt

    She also reflected on her childhood. As a kid, she thought she was "probably born into the wrong body," since she felt like a total "tomboy."

    Carole looking down with the wind in her hair

    "I was always very male-oriented in the things I did. … I never had any mothering instincts or anything, I never played with dolls. And so I always thought that there was something off there, that I couldn’t quite put my finger on."

    Carole as a child, holding a cat

    "But it was during the '80s that I discovered that through dealing with the LGBT+ community, I realized I had just as equal feelings for women as I did for men."

    Carole talking

    "As far as the way I feel about us, I think we are all one and I just don’t see us as being different genders or different colors or anything," she concluded.

    Carole in a flower crown and animal print top

    You can read the full Pink News interview here.