Comment on What’s the difference between pansexuality and bisexuality?

cowfodder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• november@lemmy.vg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  First, I believe that gender is a spectrum and there’s more than two of them.

  Does the word “bilingual” imply there are only two languages?

  Really, pansexual is being attracted to the the person, regardless of their gender identity.

  That’s also what bisexuality is about.

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  • cowfodder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ok. I didn’t argue against any of what you said, just gave my reasons for using the label that I do. I have met trans/NB exclusionary bisexuals, and that turned me off to using that label for myself. If other people use bisexual to describe themselves and mean it to encompass attraction all possible gender identities then that’s great!

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    • november@lemmy.vg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are also transphobic heterosexuals, asexuals, and gay people. Bigots sharing our orientation isn’t a reason to cede it to them.

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• rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I believe that gender is a spectrum and there’s more than two of them

  Many bisexuals read “bi” as “homosexual + heterosexual”, where heterosexual includes all genders other than your own.

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• urquell@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Do you mean that would include trans, where in bi might not include that?

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  • cowfodder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not necessarily, because I don’t separate trans from cis, though some people do. It’s really a personal preference. Pan feels like a more inclusive term to me than what bi does.

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    • urquell@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fair 😊

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