• lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    The “bi” part of bisexual implies a gender binary

    No. Historically it kind of did, but the definition has evolved since the existence of non-binary started to be widely accepted in LGBT+ circles. Now it just means attracted to more than one gender. Pansexual is a subcategory of bisexual.

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      1 year ago

      All I mean by that is that the prefix “bi” means 2. It is the same prefix in the word “binary” even. It is a baked in insinuation and that is a motivator for some people to desire a label that is a better fit for them, like pansexual.

      I also pointed out that the label bisexual is much more broadly applied than that.