regarding ur last ask about bisexuality, then what's the difference between bisexuality and pansexuality?? would it be that pansexuals would be attracted to non binary people and bisexuals not? thanks!
bisexuality means your attraction isn’t limited to one gender, a person can choose to specify this even more by using the prefix “pan” “omni” “ambi” or “poly”. anyone who is pansexual for example is also bisexual, they’ve just decided to clearly express (with “pan”) that they are also attracted to people who may not fit within the gender binary. however, that doesn’t mean that if a person chooses to label themself as bisexual they are automatically transphobic or something.
it really depends on how the person chooses to identify and express their sexuality. like i’ve said so many times before, labels are so personal and everyone gets to choose which label (or no label) works for them.
As a pansexual, can I say this answer makes me uncomfortable?
I am not bisexual. Could I technically identify that way? Sure. I am attracted to all genders, and “all” is more than one for sure. But I’m not bisexual. I don’t want to be called bisexual.
“Pansexual” is not a type of bisexual. It’s its own orientation. Just because there is overlap does not make my orientation a subtype of someone else’s.
Pansexual means attraction to all genders or attraction regardless of gender. The “or” there is important because for some pan people, one of those fits better than the other. I am not attracted “regardless” of gender because I have a gender preference even though I can fall for any gender.
Polysexual means you’re attracted to many genders. It’s also different from bisexual because again, although “many” varies between polysexual people, all polysexual people like many genders but not all bisexual people do. Some bisexuals only like two, some only three, etc., and that’s not “many.” Polysexual is also not a subset of bisexual. It’s its own orientation. Again, polysexual people are not bisexual. They could identify that way if they really wanted, but polysexual is not the same thing as bisexual.
People who call themselves both bi and pan or both bi and ply (the shorthand for polysexual since “poly” is short for “Polynesian”) exist. But that is not all of us. And you shouldn’t say that we are actually bi or still technically bi or whatever because that’s extremely invalidating and hurtful.
Bisexual people are attracted to more than one gender. Those genders can be any gender, and any number of genders. That’s why we are different. All pan people like all genders or can fall for anyone of any gender, but that’s not true of all bisexuals.
Nothing says a bi person can’t like nonbinary people. A bi woman who only likes men and certain nonbinary genders is still bi. Bisexuals don’t have to be attracted to men and they don’t have to be attracted to women. They can be attracted to lots of genders. As far as I’m concerned as an enbie person myself, someone who has only ever fallen for people of various enbie genders can still call themselves bi. That’s up to them.
So long story short, your response is really bothersome in a lot of ways. And I hope you’ll consider these things next time.
❄💙 Bella 💙❄
Yeah…
Mind if I just add that I’m uncomfortable with the insinuation that bi is only a label for people who don’t want to be specific about their attraction?
Me saying I’m bi is me being specific about my attraction.
Like, of course, for some people, yes, they very well might call themselves both bi and then another label more specifically. But it’s not always the case that bi people are just choosing to or not wanting to be more specific.
