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• Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Kinda!

  The way I’d personally word it is:

  Bisexual = attracted to their own gender and other genders (perhaps not every gender but that depends on the person)

  Pansexual = gender is irrelevant

  The distinction is mostly semantic as it doesn’t really change much in terms of how we operate in dating.

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  • demonquark@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Counter-anecdote

    In my friend group, the bisexuals are very “gender is irrelevant.”

    While the “attracted to one specific gender and others” ppl tend me more … “straight, but I’ll suck a dick” (or the inverse “gay, but boobs are super hot”)

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    • Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s super interesting and totally does not at all reflect the conversations I’ve had with my friends!

      I guess it just goes to show how subjective it is, which is why there is no real consensus. I can only really speak for myself and the people in my circles. I won’t argue with bisexual/pansexual people who identify differently because we dictate our own identities really.

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