I’ve met to many straight people who can’t even grasp what pansexual is. They just saying “ so you’re bi?” I’m like no, I’m pan, “so you’re bi, right?” Most times I just give up trying to make them understand.
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Exactly. No matter what label you use, there often isn't the cultural competency there for your explanation to be understood. And we can trace that back to how most high schools have no sex ed programs, or if they do, no LGBTQ+ info in their sex ed programs.
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It is hard for non bisexual people to understand that the "bi" prefix is not related to the binaries: male/female - heterosexual/homosexual. I honestly believe that it is a linguistic issue, but still annoying AF
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Exactly. Many cis/straight people don't get that it's burdensome to expect marginalized communities to educate you—that it adds another layer for us. But worse is telling us we got our own identities wrong. Like we didn't put any thought into our chosen labels.
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My therapist (Gay White male) used the term "pan" twice when I talked about being bi. Had to correct him. Even emailed him that SFHRC study on Bi ppl and our marginalization. He appreciated that I wanted to educate him. Ppl are so misinformed...
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Yeah this, and people assuming that bisexual means binary and you're therefore excluding trans/non-binary people. Drives me nuts!
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Sadly, while it shouldn't be on us to educate straight individuals on the nuance and definitions, and I totally get why it's exhausting- because it is- I'd rather explain as best I can than they get bad information from bad sources. I'll take annoyance today over bigotry tomorrow
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That said, having to explain bisexual is not about the gender binary is tough sometimes. I think part of that is Pansexuality being understood poorly as well. People overcorrecting trying to be inclusive is part of bi erasure. I've seen people dropping the B, just LGTQ+ it hurts
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I’m bi & my cousin is pan. We’ve talked about the differences, but it doesn’t always click for me. That said, she identifies as pan, so she’s pan. I’m not going to put her in my box that doesn’t fit her. P.S. I’d like to understand better if someone has the energy to explain.

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1/2 I might be wrong, but my understanding is that bi = potential to be attracted to people of many or all genders & pan = potential to be attracted to people regardless of their gender. It's more to do with how much someone's gender matters to your attraction to them.
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