#polyseuxal

[midnight-fox-boy]

I made a post about labels being as useful/important as you make them and I want to branch off of that to specifically talk about the m-spec umbrella.

A lot of discourse exists over this but aside from that, I know a lot of people have struggled with not knowing exactly where they sit on that spectrum, when they have imposter syndrome with the label(s) they have chosen, dealing with being invalidated, etc. so heres some validation:

You're not inherently transphobic/enbyphobic for identifying as bisexual. Maybe it's just the term that's felt comfortable for so long and that's chill. Maybe you like it because it's a bit more vague than some other labels, maybe you use one of the lesser "known" definitions of bi even if it's a long standing one (i.e. attraction to the same gender as yourself and other genders), or maybe it's just the label you vibe with and the specific reason doesn't really matter!

Pansexuality doesn't mean you can't occasionally crave interactions (romantic/sexual/sensual) with people of specific genders! If your version of pansexuality is attraction regardless of gender, that doesn't mean that occasional drifts from your norm/usual magically means you have to change your label.

Omnisexuality isn't the exact same as pansexual and I know a lot of y'all are tired of hearing that it is. Overlap certainly exists and many people could identify as one or the other, but that's true for so many labels on different spectrums.

To my polysexuals, I too am frustrated with the constant correlation to polyamory (people think they're the same thing). I don't even identify as polysexual and I feel that pain.

You're still homo/heteroflexible even if you're dating one of your exceptions/rare cases of attraction to someone of that gender. You don't have to drop this label if it makes you happy and brings you comfort. Your sexuality is not invalidated by the person(s) you are dating.

M-spec gays/lesbians are so valid and boiling sexuality down to 100% strict AF labels is harmful. There's so many reasons one may identify as such, and regardless of your reasons, it's not any stranger's business.

Abrosexuals (who consider themselves/their label mspec) aren't confused. You're not doing anything wrong by acknowledging your sexuality is fluid and embracing that.

The multisexual umbrella is such a diverse and expensive spectrum that trying to reduce people down to one strict definition of being attracted to multiple genders is silly. Sexuality as a whole is a very complicated thing and can be experienced in so many ways. Sometimes something is just too vague for you personally, or even too specific, and that's chill. Whatever label or lackthereof makes you happy is the right choice.

[midoriyasbones]

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[vee-nyx]

saw some Hetero BS™ at the store today and decided to fix it

[vee-nyx]

taylor is bi/pan/poly jesus. there i said it.

WHAT YHE FUCK WHY IT REMINDS ME SOME OF HAYLEY KIYOKO’S SONGS

[wtfamienyway]

I have never seen this going aroung so i'm writing one myself.

Shoutout to butch biseuxal girls

Shoutout to feminnen biseuxal boys

Shoutout to biseuxal and panseuxal people who fit to strongly in to the stigma of gay/lesbain people.

Shoutout to panseuxal and biseuxal people who never have people of the same sex or gender atractted to them because they look unaprochable.

Shout out to kids who dont fit in to the norms that the lgbt+comunity gives us

[colorisbyshe]

Is there an actual difference between bisexuality and pansexuality? I don't indentify as bisexual not because I think it means two genders or that it is inherently transphobic, but because I have an uncomfortable history with the word and I feel more comfortable with pansexual. The thing is that they're really the same, aren't they? It's kinda weird we have two words for the same thing.

They’re the same. Technically all pansexual people are bisexual, since bisexual just means 2+ genders (or “your own and others,” depending on who you ask) and well... all is more than 2 genders. People will argue that pansexual means something different because bisexual people account for gender where to pan people gender doesn’t matter but uhhhh orientation is which genders you are attracted to, not how. And I’ve met pan people with gender preferences and bi people without.

The differences between the two are v v subjective and honestly? To me there’s no difference at all. I use bisexual because it’s easier and it has more of a historical legacy and because pan seem v pretentious to me at this point but like... pan and bi are the same. Polyseuxal is the same too although tbh every polysexual I’ve met has just been a weird “I’m attracted to every gender but my own TEEHEE” kinda shit which makes me wary as a nb person.

So, yeah, that’s the scoop on my ~mga opinions.