What is bisexual+? The 'evolution' of the word bisexual.

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Here's an article: The evolution of the word 'bisexual' — and why it's still misunderstood

There's a couple more articles I can throw in later, but that one explains where the term "bisexual+” came from.

I'm curious of that means the word pansexual is dying out if they have bisexual+ to supposedly be inclusive of ALL "gender identities".

I was reading this article What is bisexuality+? TAIMI answers questions and breaks down the myths earlier and it was explaining bisexuality is attraction to cisgender people, men and women. So, the plus sign was added to be more "inclusive".

Please share your thoughts!

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[–]clitoriana 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

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[–]PeakingPeachEater[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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  • redefining our sexuality around validating other people's gender identities
  • being unable to acknowledge simple and inoffensive realities such as biological sex and the differences between male and female genitals

At this point the LGBTQIA+ is really all about the T. They're the dicators because they're the most "oppressed" out of the group and can sling around the word "transphobic" whenever they please and get overs into trouble...legally...I saw a post on Ovarit linking to reddit's legal advice and a foreign exchange student was threatened to get expelled by calling a TRA by the wrong pronouns.

[–]diapason 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I really hope "pansexual" is dying out lol, but this is even more annoying and pretentious IMO. The first article really doesn't make sense in its main point—if the idea that bisexuality is restrictive or limiting is a misconception, then why the "bisexual+" idea? Plus signs generally indicate 'expanding' a word's definition, so doesn't that just concede that just plain "bisexual" is limiting? And I disagree with the second article, sexual orientation has to do with sex and there are only two sexes, so bisexuality is already (potentially) inclusive of anyone regardless of their 'gender identity', since a person having a gender identity doesn't change their sex, so "bisexual+" is just unnecessary.

I really wish the attempts to make our sexual orientation "more inclusive" would just stop. Et tu, Merriam-Websters?

[–]PeakingPeachEater[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have another article showing how "problematic" Pansexuality is for the TQ+ crowd: The History and Troubling Present of the “Pansexual” Label.

Here's a small snippet of the article:

"Why it’s homo/biphobic: It reinforces the stereotype that gays and bisexuals as shallow and sex-obsessed.

Why it’s transphobic: It equates genders to genitals, which excuses transphobes who justify their aversion to transgender people by saying they only like penises or vaginas (as if there aren’t transgender men with penises and transgender women with vaginas).

Why it’s insulting to others: Everyone is attracted to personalities in some capacity. Nobody is only attracted to genitals⁠ and nothing else — arguably, quite a few aren’t attracted to them at all. Someone doesn’t need to see their prospective crush nude to develop feelings for them. Orientation is not inherently or solely sexual. It’s inaccurate and condescending to paint everyone else as sex-obsessed, or even act like such an obsession would be bad."

The woke are eating eachother alive with this stuff! I hope that this means they are somewhat self-aware of the riduculousness that they put out there. At this point, it seems like the TQ+ is molding/changing sexualities to fit their narrative. Since pansexuality doesn't work for them anymore, they're throwing away the term. They're trying to change it to where people who aren't interested in the TQ+ are transphobic since ALL sexualities are supposed to "fit" to the T's definition of things.

Originally, I only liked the "+" sign at the end of bisexual to differentiate us from them but...at the end of the day...it's just splitting hairs. Technically anyone from the LGB can be a TRA and the LG don't need/have extra terms for that, so the B shouldn't either. You're right.