Alternatives to 'bisexual' and accusations of special snowflaking

I shouldn't be surprise that this happens, but it still makes me mad. After all the biphobic shit we get for "just wanting attention" and "faking"... and we turn around and do it to others? WTF is wrong with people? :bang:

To answer your question, I also identify as queer. I haven't come out yet, so I haven't gotten any crap for it, but we'll see.

 

I am me. Who the hell knows precisely what that means, but it is the case. And I suppose I reject this notion of "special snowflakes" as being a deviation from what some (whoever these people are that you have alluded to) are apparently claiming to be a "necessary norm." I don't know much of the people making this accusation, but whether they like it or realize it or not, we're all "special snowflakes." Every person is different, even if slightly so. So...take that, snowflake-metaphor liking people... :lol:




In regards to conforming to a specific societal label, I try to avoid them entirely. I can explain my feelings toward any given gender or sex and let people label as they wish, but it doesn't matter much to me on a personal front (what others may think). I like who and what I like and will see where that goes, moving forward.

 

If you pick a word that refers to a multisexuality and isn't "bisexual," people have a lot of difficulty processing that. They don't know what it means. I like to pick queer, because people know what that means.

But then again, I'm a special snowflake.

 

I've never heard "special snowflaking" used as a verb before, but now that I have I love it and think everyone should probably get on special snowflaking themselves a little more.

 

i use several words to describe my sexuality:
bisexual
pansexual
ambisexual
queer

 

What's snow flaking? I'm bi and haven't really met others who are (minus the hookups) and my mates in the US are the only ones who I'm out too so never had the problem

 

Well, I identify as panromantic, but I'm not out to most people in real life as panromantic. I take the view that saying my romantic and sexual orientations aren't a perfect match already snowflakes me, and panromantic is more euphonious than biromantic.

 

The most accurate description of my sexuality is probably gray-A pansexual panromantic, but I very rarely say that. Among groups who are likely to know what pansexual means, aka transpeople and groups that specifically focus on sexuality (as opposed to just groups of queer people), I say I'm pansexual. Elsewhere, I say bisexual. To be honest, most people seem to have a hard enough time understanding the existence of bisexuality, I'm not going to further confuse them.

 

I don't understand the difference between the terms.

Bisexual meaning.. attracted to both males and females. Got that one.

Pansexual meaning.. attracted to males, females, and any intersex combo?

Multisexual meaning... attracted to anything with no regards to gender?

I am actually curious because I have some friends that are big into gender identity stuff and I can't keep up with the terms they throw around.

 

Multisexual: Attraction to more than one gender
Bisexual: Attraction to your own gender, and others
Pansexual: Attraction to all genders