Pansexuality: A Brief Lesson [TW for erasure, cissexism]

thetransboy:

lizardwalk:

eowynchester:

Things pansexuality is:

  • sexual attraction to cis-gendered men
  • sexual attraction to cis-gendered women
  • sexual attraction to people who do not identify with either gender wholly, or at all
  • sexual attraction to androgynous people
  • sexual attraction to transgender people
  • sexual attraction to gender queer people
  • sexual attraction to people who refuse to define themselves by gender at all

Things pansexuality is not:

  • bisexuality. the term bisexual only applies to people who find themselves sexually attracted to people of the male and female genders only.
  • an attraction to pans, pandas, panthers, pancakes, pancetta, pantyhose, pansies, or pandemics
  • a sexual attraction based on someone’s personality
  • the ability to love anyone regardless of gender, based on an emotional attraction. this is called panromantic. many pansexuals also consider themselves to be panromantic. similarly, many asexuals consider themselves to be panromantic. panromantic and pansexual are not interchangable.

No.  Bisexual people may be attracted to various different genders.

“Attraction to transgender people”, as distinct from cis people, is fucked up.

Yes^. Aaaand this is exactly why I refuse to identify as pansexual. Pansexuals often separate attraction to trans people from attraction to cis people. I am no different from a cis guy …why would I identify as something that very frequently separates me from who I am. Also it was hard enough admitting to myself I was bi…

Dear pan people: STOP TRYING TO DEFINE BISEXUALITY FOR US WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES KTHX.

Also re the blatant third-gendering of trans people: it’s one of the reasons I so often have a problem with pansexual manifestos and won’t identify as pan even though I’ve been told (far too many times) that my potential interest in non-binary people means I’m “really” pansexual.  There’s often this icky atmosphere of “We’re better than bisexuals because we’ll even date trans people!”  Like, what, you think cis bisexuals don’t?  (And trans pansexuals and bisexuals, I guess, don’t even exist or something?)  *headdesk*

(via nadrawj)

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    THIS.
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    These are totally the thoughts I have when I come across the pansexual term. I’ve pretty much accepted that I’m...
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    ^As a pansexual, I consider that fair. Also, way to leave out intersex people, OP. At least it isn’t that bullshit where...
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    seriously people, you need to read this ASAP Why I identify as bisexual and not pansexual
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    Dear pan people: STOP TRYING TO DEFINE BISEXUALITY FOR US WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES KTHX. Also re the blatant...
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  21. thetimeforgutsandguil reblogged this from bblackenedbutterfly and added:
    bisexuality applies to the sexual attraction to two genders, not just male and female. but yeah, all of this.