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submitted 5 days ago by NickwithaC@lemmy.world to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

There is some degree of distinction, I'd say. Bisexuality is attraction defined by the male/female binary, pansexuality is attraction regardless of gender. A person can be bisexual and attracted to cis men and cis women, but not pansexual if they aren't attracted to trans or agendered folks.

Granted, a lot of people who say they're bisexual are probably actually pansexual, but stick with the label that is more widely used and understood out of convenience.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

That is not true, and never has been. The dichotomy described by bi in bisexual isn't male/female, it's homo/heterosexual. Pansexual is a subcategory of bisexual, emphasizing that one is attracted to all genders (or regardless of gender), not just a subset of them, equally. Whereas a bisexual might have varying levels of attentions to different genders

[–] FweliXOX@lemy.lol 3 points 5 days ago

Granted, a lot of people who say they’re bisexual are probably actually pansexual, but stick with the label that is more widely used and understood out of convenience.

Yeah It's easier this way

[–] amelore@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

Historic definitions only matter in historic text.
The currently popular definitions are "attraction to your own and different genders" and "attraction regardless of gender". Pansexual often implies equal amounts of attraction to all genders; by that definition, you could also call some pansexuals "actually bi", but that's not really universal either.