This makes sense. I’ve struggled to follow the different monikers and identities. Fully, I just accept people and recognize and respect what they want to be identified as to the best of my ability, and apologize if I forget as I adjust. Thank you for putting terms to it. I didn’t realize Pansexual meant that in context.
Yeah, the labels are a lot, which is why I generally just go with bi. I do always get a twinge, because it’s a pretty big barrier that homophobes think LGBTQA+ people are perverts, and we need to break down the idea that it’s all about sex, but then we actually use the terms that are all about sex, but the people who know enough to know that aren’t likely to be homophobic.
Pan vs. bi is also a sticky situation, because going by etymology, bi people should be attracted to two gender poles and pan people to the entire spectrum. Most (I hope) bi people reject this and don’t see a difference between bisexuality and pansexuality, but some transphobes use it as a dog whistle. I tend to ID as bi, but if I get any kind of terf vibes, I’ll specify that I’m pan.
Fully, I just accept people and recognize and respect what they want to be identified as to the best of my ability, and apologize if I forget as I adjust.
Omg you may have taught me the difference between pan and bi. I have been trying to figure it out forever but it always felt the same to me. I’ve asked a friend who identifies as pan and “attracted to the person, not the gender” didn’t help.
But recognizing that BIsexual only acknowledges two genders in the word itself, and that PANsexual allows for anyone at any point on the gender spectrum made it finally click for me. Thank you.
And now I feel like a lot of people could identify as pansexual.
Is there any particular word that would describe how I feel I am? I would be like MAYBE 5% attracted to a regular cis male (I am a regular cis male), but a female to male trans person maybe 25% (depending how far along), a male to female trans I would be maybe 50% attracted(again with how far along), and 100% attracted to cis female. So I feel like it’s a whole spectrum but I’m more attracted the more female body features they have. I feel like Pan doesn’t care at all so I can’t say I’m that, though technically there is some attraction to the entire spectrum.
This makes sense. I’ve struggled to follow the different monikers and identities. Fully, I just accept people and recognize and respect what they want to be identified as to the best of my ability, and apologize if I forget as I adjust. Thank you for putting terms to it. I didn’t realize Pansexual meant that in context.
Yeah, the labels are a lot, which is why I generally just go with bi. I do always get a twinge, because it’s a pretty big barrier that homophobes think LGBTQA+ people are perverts, and we need to break down the idea that it’s all about sex, but then we actually use the terms that are all about sex, but the people who know enough to know that aren’t likely to be homophobic.
Pan vs. bi is also a sticky situation, because going by etymology, bi people should be attracted to two gender poles and pan people to the entire spectrum. Most (I hope) bi people reject this and don’t see a difference between bisexuality and pansexuality, but some transphobes use it as a dog whistle. I tend to ID as bi, but if I get any kind of terf vibes, I’ll specify that I’m pan.
That’s all we can do.
Omg you may have taught me the difference between pan and bi. I have been trying to figure it out forever but it always felt the same to me. I’ve asked a friend who identifies as pan and “attracted to the person, not the gender” didn’t help.
But recognizing that BIsexual only acknowledges two genders in the word itself, and that PANsexual allows for anyone at any point on the gender spectrum made it finally click for me. Thank you.
And now I feel like a lot of people could identify as pansexual.
Is there any particular word that would describe how I feel I am? I would be like MAYBE 5% attracted to a regular cis male (I am a regular cis male), but a female to male trans person maybe 25% (depending how far along), a male to female trans I would be maybe 50% attracted(again with how far along), and 100% attracted to cis female. So I feel like it’s a whole spectrum but I’m more attracted the more female body features they have. I feel like Pan doesn’t care at all so I can’t say I’m that, though technically there is some attraction to the entire spectrum.