seeing an uptick in the pan vs bi shit lately so I’m gonna say a few things
pan is not transphobic; pan does not other trans people or say they aren’t their gender. transphobic individuals in a community doesn’t mean the identity itself is transphobic.
pan is not biphobic; pan is not trying to be better than or replace bi. it is not saying that bi is bad or unneeded. biphobic individuals in a community doesn’t mean the identity itself is biphobic.
pan isn’t transphobic/biphobic in origin; actual trans and non-binary people who lived through and helped pan come about have said it was in direct response to the transphobia in the bi community at the time and served as a way to create a safe space for trans people. how is trans people creating a safe space for themselves transphobic? how is a movement in response to a very real issue in the bi community biphobic?
pan is not an unnecessary label: pan has a history and importance to people that can’t just be thrown away. and definition wise, some people prefer more specific terms and some people just relate to pan in a way they don’t with bi. that alone means it IS a necessary label.
bi is not transphobic; bi does not exclude trans people. transphobic individuals in a community doesn’t mean the identity itself is transphobic
bi is not binary; bi is not limited to men and women, or specifically cis men and women. it does not exclude anyone.
bi is not outdated; bi is not and never will be an outdated term. it is a very historic identity with a whole lot of history and no amount of other specific terms or embracing fluidity or umbrella terms or anything else will ever erase the importance and relevance of it.
not only are the claims against at both identities sometimes very ahistorical, but they’re also just garbage at this point and I’m tired of seeing people continue to throw them around and contributing to this hateful and unhelpful narrative
pan is attraction to people of all gender identities/lack thereof
bi is attraction to people of two or more gender identities/lack thereof
both labels/communities are not competing and can coexist
pan trans and pan non-binary people exist. bi trans and bi non-binary people exist; stop erasing trans and non-binary people’s existence and experiences in order to use them as a mere argument point in your narrative against another identity
people who identify as both pan and bi exist; stop the “this or that” framing that erases people who identify as both or fluctuate between the two
pan and bi are not bigoted identities
they are very valid and important identities
neither is more legitimate or better than the other
please stop this pan vs bi bullshit, we really don’t need it
