I currently identify as bi but what is the difference

  • Fleur@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Pretty simple:

    Bi: Attracted to more than one gender.

    Pan: Gender is not a factor in attraction (aka nominally attracted to all people of all genders).

    So as an example, you can be bi but have a preference towards men or women, that would be not be congruent with being pan.

  • Dakkaface@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Pan seems to be gender blind, i.e. attracted to people with no regard to gender or attracted to all genders.

    Bi has one definition in being attracted to both men and women, both sides of a binary.

    Bi also has a less common usage to mean attracted to more than one gender which may or may not include both halves of the binary or the entire spectrum.

    • Bicyclejohn@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      So if I like the whole spectrum I’m pan? For fucks sake, what am I gonna do with all the bi stuff I made

  • k110111@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As far as i know, bi means liking male and female gender, while pan means every gender. Don’t know how correct i am tho…

    • Zitronenschnitte@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Bisexuality is not restricted to male and female gender. Bi means homosexual and heterosexual attraction. So attracted to genders same as mine. And attracted to genders different from mine. It means basically attracted to at least 2 genders, but not necessarily all genders.