not syscourse but certainly discourse, i don’t like the pansexual label. it has serious roots in biphobia and was originally made as a sexuality to make fun of bisexuals and erase their identity. whether or not the definition can change over time, bisexuality used to —
encompass all genders, male, female, and everything in between and outside of the binary. the fact that people are claiming pansexual now to be a sexuality to include all of those is definitely because of bi erasure
bisexuality STILL encompasses all genders, and it doesn’t just mean 2, it means 2 or more. the bisexual label was meant to say that you are attracted to someone regardless of gender. you can have a preference, or you could not.
i don’t like the amount of people who use pansexual without knowing the roots, so let me help you out. pansexual was a label made in the 80s that not only included all genders, but also pedophelia and zoophelia. if that’s not enough, it was adopted by tumblr and
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