• magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days 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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      4 days 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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        4 days ago

        After all, that’s how all labels work (and perhaps even words in general?). They try to capture meaning, at best failing to do so (endlessly “approaching” it, always a step behind the evolution of language), and at worst ensaring peoples’ thoughts and ideas.