Comment on What’s the difference between pansexuality and bisexuality?
cowfodder@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I refer to myself as pan for two reasons. First, I believe that gender is a spectrum and there’s more than two of them. Two, to me bisexual implies equal attraction to both the masculine and feminine, and I’m less attracted to the masculine than I am to the feminine end of the scale.
Really, pansexual is being attracted to the the person, regardless of their gender identity.
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.
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!
There are also transphobic heterosexuals, asexuals, and gay people. Bigots sharing our orientation isn’t a reason to cede it to them.
Do you mean that would include trans, where in bi might not include that?
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.
Fair 😊
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 day ago
Many bisexuals read “bi” as “homosexual + heterosexual”, where heterosexual includes all genders other than your own.