I prefer using omnisexual but use bi when explaining to people outside the community

  • PostmodernPythia@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I’m always and everywhere bisexual. I experience attractions both homosexual (same gender as me) and heterosexual (different gender than me), and I see no reason to change my identity because the kids have different words for it. (Nothing wrong with them using their new words for themselves, but if another Gen Zer tries to negate my identity with “that’s just the same as pan,” I’m glitterbombing everything they own.)

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      1 year ago

      Just arm yourself with the definitions when kids bug you.
      bi - attraction to multiple genders
      pan - attraction regardless of gender
      The difference is subtle but its there and it matters.

      Also, no one but you gets to put a label on yourself. That’s also another good argument.

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        1 year ago

        I identify as bi, but when I tried to figure out the difference between bi and pan it seems like bi fits the “attraction to multiple genders” that fits me just fine. I also felt it came down to preference in the end, for me; and I just love the bi flag colors so I think that helped! :)

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      Yeah I’m basically sticking with bi because I went through so much crap for it in the 90s (from pretty much all sides).

      I experience being attracted to others as bi attraction (not hetero/homosexual) and I only ever have bisexual sex. So maybe there’s another word that means that and would be a better fit to others, Idk.

      I don’t mind including other labels as well, but even now, bi erasure is still a thing in my life, and stepping away from identifying as bi altogether would feel like more erasure.