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the definition of pansexual doesn’t negate my sexuality. my label came first and has included nonbinary genders for decades. pansexuality is irrelevant to my sexual orientation (:

if you’re so hung up on prefixes from ancient languages then you’re gonna be so mad about october being the tenth month of the year when you find out what octo means...

who says the 2 in bi means male and female? seriously who says? why not same and different? or hetero and homo? i’ll tell you who says. cishets. and i don’t care about their opinion of a word they forced on us that we reclaimed which originally referred to the sexual organs of plants

so again. fuck you

I’m not even gonna waste my time with these people. Racism is hatred of someone because of their skin color. It doesn’t matter what color and there’s nothing anyone can do to change that.

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The definition of bisexual is actually 'attracted to more than one gender'

Pansexual Is the Same As Bisexual Myth

I’m sure many people have heard this when talking about being pansexual, it’s a common thing. But it’s not true at all.

The definition of pansexual is, “Not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.” People who identify as pansexual aren’t attracted to people because of their gender, but rather other things such as their appearance or personality. While the definition of bisexual is, “Sexually attracted to both men and women.” Not all bisexuals are attracted to just men and women though, they can be attracted to nonbinary genders as well.

So according to definition and the experience of both people who identify as pansexual and bisexual, they are totally different sexualities that deserve to be respected as such.

Have a myth/stereotype you want discussed? Just send an ask to this blog and we’ll try to explain it!

[gavriloprincep]

Bisexuality- attraction to two or more genders (or attraction to similar and different genders from your own)

Hi there. Sorry if this sounds rude or dumb, but I am wondering what is the difference between bisexuality and pansexuality. I am trying to better understand my own sexuality but I can't find a decent explanation of the difference via google. Thanks!

You’re not being rude! I think it’s great that you’re trying to find yourself! People on here like to debate the definitions of these sexualities, but uh this is what they mean to me:

Pansexuality- attraction to all genders/disregard of gender when looking for partners

Bisexuality- attraction to two genders, usually both men and women but doesn’t necessarily have to be those two

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IT’S NOT ‘PEEKED’ MY INTEREST

OR ‘PEAKED’

BUT PIQUED

‘PIQUED MY INTEREST’

THIS HAS BEEN A CAPSLOCK PSA

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Fact: Bisexuality is defined by the consensus of the community, not by the medical industry, or web dictionaries, or straight society, or even other communities under the LGBTQIAP+ umbrella. And the bisexual community defines it as the attraction to two or more genders.

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The “B” and “P” in the LGBTQIAP+

What’s the difference between bisexual and pansexual?

Bisexuality: Being attracted to people of the same gender as yourself and to different genders.

Pansexuality: Being attracted to all genders.

http://www.bisexualcoupledating.com/

[gavriloprincep]

“but bi means two!!”

FUN FACT: did u know we don’t actually define words by the string of weird archaic stems that form them? that IN FACT language as a whole is greater than its parts, and that’s why circumlocution doesn’t mean to talk about circles and bicycle laws apply to most pedal-powered vehicles and why when someone tells me to “stop beating around the bush” they do not have to pry a hammer from my hands to keep me from aggressively attacking greenery? wow! language is amazing

[gavriloprincep]

I love doing the October is not the 8th month of the year analogy with biphobes who insist bi= attracted to only 2 genders.

Because they inevitably point out history. They point out how it WAS the 8th month, but then 2 months were added to the calendar which bumped it back to the 10th month of the year

Well this is the perfect example of how definitions change. And the prefix argument falls flat on its face.

October was, at one point, the 8th month. Hence the octo prefix. It was then changed. But do we change the prefix to reflect that change? No. It’s still October.

Just like bisexuality once meant encompassing two sexualities (homosexual and heterosexual). That’s where the bi in bisexuality came from. Now the definition is two or more to reflect our growing understanding on gender.

Definitions change. Things change. But we keep the name because of the history surrounding it.

Stop obsessing over prefixes.

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check it out

New bi advice blog!

There are plenty of wonderful help and advice blogs for bi people out there already so why make another one?

First of all this one is bilingual (in which “bi” really only means “two”), meaning that I can also answer asks in German as well as in English. Also I want to focus on helping bisexual people who struggle with depression as I know that depression (just like other mental illnesses) can make accepting yourself and your (bi)sexuality even harder.

Note: This blog if 110% aro/ace, non-binary and trans friendly!!! No TERFs allowed and I won’t be spending my time and energy on The Discourse™

Neuer Bi Hilfe-Blog

Es gibt schon so viele wunderbare Hilfe-Blogs für Bisexuelle, also warum noch einer?

Erstmal ist dieser hier bilingual (und da heißt “bi” tatsächlich zur Abwechslung mal nur “zwei”), das heißt, ich kann Fragen in Deutsch und Englisch beantworten. Außerdem möchte ich meinen Fokus darauf legen, bisexuellen Menschen mit Depressionen zu helfen, da ich weiß, dass eine Depression es noch schwerer machen kann, sich selbst und seine (Bi)Sexualität zu akzeptieren.

Hinweis: Dieser Blog heißt aromantische/asexuelle, nicht-binäre und transgeschlechtliche Menschen 110%ig willkommen. TERFs müssen draußen bleiben!

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That's right because we don't deserve human rights unless we're polite to our oppressors. Gotcha

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don't listen to transphobic pansexuals. they don't know what they're talking about. and they still tell people this all the time

Maybe I’m old. I dunno. About 5 years ago I was told that I wasn’t bisexual–I was pansexual. Because I am open to dating a trans person. I was like, “Wait, I’ve always identified trans women as women and trans men as men, but now I can’t do that anymore and you need to stick a new label on me?”

[gavriloprincep]

there's actually not that much difference between bisexuality and pansexuality. you can choose to identify as whatever you want to

So I just learned the difference between bisexual and pansexual and I was identifying as bisexual but learned that I’m pansexual and so yeah I felt like clearing this up for some reason seeing that I’m only out online

[gavriloprincep]

your issue is that you're interpreting the word bisexual in terms of the word pansexual instead of in terms of the words homosexual and heterosexual. bisexual as an orientation was coined after homosexual/heterosexual and before pansexual. you say they relate to gender but you could just as easily interpret them as being related to sexual orientation (which makes more sense). homosexual = sexually oriented towards the same gender. heterosexual = sexually oriented towards different genders. bisexual = sexually oriented towards same and different genders (ie. in two directions).

honestly if you knew anything about linguistics you'd know that using latin roots to argue over modern definitions is silly. language evolves. bisexual originally referred to plants with both male and female reproductive organs and pansexual was originally a freudian term that referred to people whose entire lives and everything in their lives was sex oriented.

If someone prefers to ID as bi instead of pan then who are you to tell them they can't? The way I see it is that I am attracted to two different groups; people of the same gender and people of other genders, so bisexual is still correct since bi means 2.

Well, anata wa baka dayo. Your sexual orientation doesn’t refer to several groups of types of people. Just types of people, the type here being gender. Let’s go over our prefixes here. Hetero- differentBi- twoHomo- samePan- allNow, what does sexual mean? “Of or relating to the two sexes or to gender”, being the dictionary definition.Bisexual is literally “two genders”. Not two groups of types of people. If you like all genders, you are pansexual. Not bisexual.

Now that, is how you use language to defeat those filthy SJWs.-Mod Maki

[gavriloprincep]

actually that refers to directions not genders just like the words homosexual and heterosexual do. ie. same sexual and different sexual, respectively. therefore bisexual = same and different sexual. and if you are attracted to genders that are both the same and different from your own (a definition bisexuals have been using for decades) then it follows that you are attracted to 2 or more genders. but really, only bisexuals get to define their own sexuality. so if you're not bisexual then your opinion is irrelevant.

does someone want to explain to me the difference between pansexual and bisexual because i still don’t know

[gavriloprincep]

you can identify as both if you like. plenty of people do because there is such an overlap

Whats your sexuality?

i guess i’m bi but idk, i like girls and guys but i’m open to most things, so i guess i could be classified as pan??? idk it’s all so confusing

[gavriloprincep]

The definition of bisexual is attraction to two or more genders. And therefore it is not just the attraction to males and females.

I dont want to offend and i know this is going to sound so ignorant and i apologize in advance, but could you explain the difference between bisexuals and pansexuals as i really dont get it

it is completely fine! It isn’t your fault that you don’t know!

Bisexual people are attracted sexually and romantically to both males and females, and are capable of engaging in sensual relationships with either sex. Despite being able to form meaningful, lasting relationships with both sexes, bisexual individuals may, to a small or large degree, have a preference for one sex over the other.

Similarly, pansexual people may be sexually attracted to individuals who identify as male or female; however, they may also be attracted to those who identify as intersex, third-gender, androgynous, transsexual, or the many other sexual and gender identities. The latter distinction is what draws the line between pansexuality and bisexuality. People who self-identify as pansexual do so with purpose, to express that they are able to be attracted to various gender and sexual identities, whether they fall within the gender binary or not. Recognition of the existence of different genders and sexualities is a major aspect of pansexual identity. Pansexual people are bisexual, in-fact; however, bisexuality does not place the same emphasis on sexual and gender identity awareness, but more simply indicates attraction to the two (generally accepted) biological sexes.

The differences between the two sexual identities are undermined by the fact that some people who consider themselves pansexual identify themselves as bisexual out of convenience, as it’s a more widely known sexual identity. In addition, some people who consider themselves bisexual may be open to dating someone who falls outside the gender binary.

[gavriloprincep]

Bisexual: attraction to two or more genders. pansexual: attraction to all genders or regardless of gender.

Not at all trying to be an asshole or offend anyone but can someone tell me the difference in bisexual and pansexual? Like I just don’t get it. I’m not being an asshole I swear I just genuinely don’t understand so someone help me get it please