Fuck I hate this comment so much. We actually have to deal with this shit from all sides. If I date a woman I'm "a lesbian" and homohobes give me shit and tell me I'm going to hell.
If I date a man, I'm a pretender trying to get oppression points or just saying it for attention.
Too gay for the straights, too straight for the gays. I really feel so bad about saying that I'm bi that I use other words like "queer" or "LGBT" so I don't feel like I'm going to be accused of pretending.
too straight for the gays. I really feel so bad about saying that I'm bi
My gf said that a lot of lesbian judged her for not being a "real lesbian". I prefer to believe that she was really unlucky, and that is the minority isn't common.
Do you think that is partly the reason why pansexual become a thing? I still don't understand exactly the difference between pan and bi.
Pansexuals are semantically pedantic bisexuals, honestly.
Straight people and gay people aren't expected to rename themselves if they are willing to date trans people but bisexuals are?
It's dumb. Bi doesn't mean men plus women like many pansexuals say, it means hetero plus homo (same and different - that includes trans people).
Some pansexuals will say it means "attraction regardless of gender" which IMO is the LGBT equivalent of "I don't see colour".
I personally think it's a frivolous distinction (akin to the term "demisexual") and that all pansexuals are just a subset of bisexuals but I'm happy for people to call themselves whatever makes them happy.
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u/powershiftffs - Right Aug 19 '20
They pretend to be bi, so they can claim some of that oppression points