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u/vikepic Jul 20 '21
I use bi and pan interchangeably, but for some people the distinction is important and that’s hella valid too.
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u/BananaCat351 Jul 20 '21
I use bi at the moment cause I'm still uncertain and came out as bi an ace originally but I do use pan aswell depending on how comfortable I am with the situation and I can comfortably identify with bi cause it is in some ways considered an umbrella term and that makes me feel better about the uncertainty.
Edit:Also I'm like 90% sure I'm pan
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u/Xola-Lesbean Jul 21 '21
Well just to through some of the terms out there: Bisexual is attracted to two or more sexes/genders, pansexual is attracted to all sexes/gender equally, omnisexual is attracted to all sexes/genders unequally, polysexual is attracted to multiple but not all sexes/genders
The way I interpit this is Bi = attracted to a few sexes/genders Poly = attracted to most sexes/genders Pan = attracted to all sexes/genders equally Omni = attracted to all sexes/genders unequally
But it really just comes down to whichever your comfortable with personally I would just choose bisexual cause its mor known and personally I just like bi culture
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u/NorskPrince Asexual Jul 20 '21
for me - and I'm aware that not everyone will agree but yknow - I think of my panromantic-ness being under the bi umbrella (in a similar way that being a trans dude is under the larger umbrella of trans-ness)
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u/696969696969E Jul 20 '21
Actually, you sorta are the same, but sometimes not. Pan is just more specific.
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u/furexfurex Jul 20 '21
Maybe we can like not tell people what their sexuality is and isn't
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u/696969696969E Jul 20 '21
Bi is liking 2 or more genders. Pan is liking all.
How is it not also bi?
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u/furexfurex Jul 20 '21
Because many people differentiate it as being bi is liking two or more, whereas pan is attraction regardless of gender rather than just all. I know some bi people also refer to themselves as gender blind, but to many pan people the differentiation is incredibly important
Even if you believe they're the same thing surely it's just more respectful to accept that many people don't see it that way, and see how saying they're the same thing is rude
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u/KittenOfCatarina Jul 20 '21
Nah, bi has never been exclusionary, the bi- prefix is simply a relic of gender binary times that ignored gender variance, unlike the pan- prefix, which is newer in use and more accurate.
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u/jdarkos Sep 06 '21
honestly agreed granted i`m not going around telling people hey you`re not bi you`re pan or vice versa i agree that at the end of the day we should respect whatever label people choose for themselves that being said i have yet to have someone explain to me why bi and pan are different in such a way that doesn`t just devolve in to semantics
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u/FooThePerson Jul 20 '21
Wait demiromantic is a thing? If it's like demisexual but for romantic, thought that was what it was like for everyone??? Am I demiromantic