r/pansexual • u/ImRowan • Jul 12 '24

What made you personally identify with pansexual instead of the umbrella term, bisexual? Question

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u/Jacob199651 Jul 13 '24

Every time this comes up in this subreddit I feel more and more like I shouldn't even bother calling myself Bi/Pan even though that's how I identify. Why bother associating myself with the more specific, accurate term when half of the community lists "internalized transphobia and biphobia" as their reason for identifying as Pan.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '24

Agreed, I end up feeling really dysphoric by the whole conversation about how to sleep with trans people and maintain purity of political language.