• pwnicholson@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Not an expert, but I’ve always understood that what you’re describing is pansexual. I’ve understood the bisexual is general attraction to both men and women. Pansexual is attraction to any person.

    Again, give or take any given person’s own chosen labels and attractions that might vary.

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      2 months ago

      I’ve heard that. I’ve heard bi used to mean you’re attracted to more than one gender but not all. Also heard and used it interchangeably with pan.

      I say this as someone who’s pan and called themselves bi for most of their life.

      So long as you can communicate the sorta people you wanna fuck I think that’s the important part.

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        2 months ago

        It seems like, while labels are important for communication, they are just unable to capture all of the nuance when it comes to sexuality and gender.

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      2 months ago

      I always describe pansexuality as “bisexuality with more politics and an ugly flag”. The basic idea is the same (not being attracted only to one gender) but pansexuality is more explicit about there being more than two genders and liking most or all of them.