I currently identify as bi but what is the difference

  • Bicyclejohn@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    So if I like the whole spectrum I’m pan? For fucks sake, what am I gonna do with all the bi stuff I made

    • Walt J. Rimmer@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      Bi can also mean attracted to the whole spectrum. Really, what it’s come to mean is attracted to more than one sex/gender.

      I agree with Fleur more that Bi means that you’re attracted to multiple sexes/genders similar to pan, but pan is effectively genderblind whereas sex/gender is still a factor for bi folks, it’s just not a factor that excludes most people.

      But these definitions aren’t entirely agreed on. If you feel more comfortable identifying as bi, that’s fine. If you feel more comfortable identifying as pan, that’s also fine. We’re very, very similar to the point that it’s common for people to not know the difference. The distinction appears to be more personal.

      • PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Even the Bisexual Manifesto, from the 90s, didn’t limit bisexuality to two genders. It hasn’t “come to mean” that recently. It pretty much always did.