Georgina Green

Georgina Green is the main protagonist and narrator in Billy Lindon’s bi rom-com novel Double Booked (2022). She’s a 26-year-old musician from London, deeply struggling with self-acceptance and self-esteem — issues that make it hard for her to come to terms with her bisexuality.

The novel begins with a conversation between Georgina and her best friend Soph, a lesbian online influencer. Soph invites her to a gay bar, but Georgina insists she’ll be out of place because she’s “very boring, very plain, and very straight.” Still, she agrees to go as a favor — and that’s when things begin to shift. At the bar, she meets Kit, a mysterious and sexy drummer from a queer pop-indie band called Phase. Georgina overhears Kit talking about a recent breakup with her girlfriend and finds herself almost instantly drawn to her — which sparks the beginning of Georgina’s confusion.

She’s never really considered that she might be bi. For the past seven years, she’s been in a stable relationship with Doug, her old university friend. She’s sure Doug is about to propose, and instead of joy, she feels panic — as if she’s living a life that isn’t truly hers.

When Georgina gets invited to join Phase as their new pianist, she’s thrilled. But because Phase is known as a lesbian band, she invents a whole new persona to fit in and begins living a double life.

By day, she’s Gina: a mild, kind school music teacher with a stable boyfriend and a well-planned life. But on select nights, she becomes George: a bold, queer musician with a new haircut, a different wardrobe, and a borrowed belief in horoscopes — and with pretending she only likes women.

She tells Doug nothing about it, allowing him to believe she’s “the only straight” member of the group. But when Doug finds out — through social media — that she’s attracted to women, it nearly ends their relationship. He assumes she’s a lesbian; she assumes he’ll leave her for lying. Surprisingly, the confrontation leads to them opening their relationship, which results in several funny and chaotic moments.

Georgina continues to question her bisexuality after a disappointing sexual experience with a woman from a dating app. She wonders: Can she really be bi if she doesn’t enjoy sex with women — even though her feelings for Kit are real and powerful?

When Kit finds out about Doug, she nearly kicks Georgina out of the band — but ends up facing accusations of biphobia from their bandmates. Meanwhile, Georgina’s friendship with Soph begins to unravel as she becomes increasingly obsessed with winning Kit’s affection. Kit, however, is secretly in love with their bandmate and childhood friend Isobel — leaving Georgina heartbroken.

Eventually, Doug breaks up with Georgina. At the same time, school administrators discover she’s queer and summon her for a meeting. Convinced she’s about to lose everything — her relationship, her career, her band, her friends — Georgina flees to her mother’s house, expecting rejection from her as well.

But instead of turning her away, her mother embraces her. She not only supports her daughter through the crisis but also offers a powerful truth: Gina isn’t “half-straight, half-gay.” She is fully bi — and she’s not alone. “There are other people with ‘B’ in your alphabet club”, her mum says.

In the end, Georgina starts a solo music career, openly embraces her bisexual identity, and begins dating a woman. She isn’t fired from the school — instead, she’s asked to lead an LGBT and questioning youth group, a role her students deeply appreciate. Doug and Gina remain close friends.

The lesson is simple: you must accept who you are to find happiness. Georgina Green is one of the strongest examples of bi representation in contemporary fiction. Her story explores many issues bisexual people face. She was questioning identity and fighting inner biphobia, because of her doubt that she is a “real bi” and “real queer”, and had a feeling that she doesn’t fully belong in either the straight or queer worlds. She was dealing with a lot of fears about coming out to her mother and colleges, and behaved like a typical bi person who started her journey to self-acceptance. 

Her journey is messy, real, and ultimately empowering, and it made Gina a deeply reliable character.