Actress Stephanie Beatriz has been forced to defend her bisexuality, this week - after announcing that she'll marry a man.

The acclaimed star, who appears in Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Rosa Diaz, re-asserted her attraction to both genders after receiving stern criticism for the decision to wed boyfriend, Brad Hoss.

The 37-year-old, from Argentina, wrote about her experience in an article for the new issue of GQ .

It comes just three years after she first announced her sexuality via Twitter, which she did by confirming rumours with one word: "yup".

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"To be bi is a continual series of coming out moments," she says in the article.

"Bisexuality often needs an explanation.

"It isn't something you can often 'read' on a person and because of that bi people sometimes feel like an invisible part of the LGBTQIA community."

"In October, I will marry a heterosexual man... but I'll be bi till the day I die."

Naturally, people were delighted with the tone and frankness of her words.

"As a bi man married to a woman, this is awesome to read! Thank you," said one reader.

Another said: "I have been married for 22 years, and still consider myself bi.

"Just because I married a man, doesn't mean that I am no longer attracted to or could fall in love with a woman.

"It just means that at this time, I am in love with a man."

A third quipped: "Thank you so much for this, and having representation of people like us on tv is so great and makes me feel better.

"I am often dismissed of my sexuality bc of my straight male boyfriend."

Interestingly, Beatriz's Brooklyn Nine-Nine character is also bisexual - something Executive producer Dan Goor previously said that was inspired by her real-life 'coming out'.