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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·9 days ago“bisexual” doesn’t mean “men and women”. It means “homo and hetero”, as in “those of my gender and not of my gender”. Which is exactly what “pansexual” also means.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoTwo genders, eh. Everyone who isn’t gay is attracted to every gender they don’t belong to, eh.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat is the original meaning of those words. Yes. You might notice they’re not exactly the most modern terms.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoahh see now you have retreated to “original” meaning. So by that metric, everyone who’s heart is light (ie “gay”) is attracted to everyone who is their gender.
minus-squareGrail@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoI’m into My own gender and some other genders but not all other genders. I’m not pan, because I’m not into all genders.
“bisexual” doesn’t mean “men and women”. It means “homo and hetero”, as in “those of my gender and not of my gender”.
Which is exactly what “pansexual” also means.
Two genders, eh. Everyone who isn’t gay is attracted to every gender they don’t belong to, eh.
That is the original meaning of those words. Yes. You might notice they’re not exactly the most modern terms.
ahh see now you have retreated to “original” meaning. So by that metric, everyone who’s heart is light (ie “gay”) is attracted to everyone who is their gender.
I’m into My own gender and some other genders but not all other genders. I’m not pan, because I’m not into all genders.