Stop defining other’s sexualities
The amount of people hating on pan people, especially other members of the queer community is insane.
The prefix pan means all. And “not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity” (Oxford dictionary)
It can also mean, “pansexuality is sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity”
Or, “pansexual people may refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender and sex are not determining factors in their romantic or sexual attraction to others”
I don’t know where the idea that pan people have to have no preferences or types came from but that does not apply to all pan people.
Stop invalidating peoples sexualities. When someone says they are pan stop trying to argue that they are bi or something else.
Pan people are allowed to have types in how people act, look like, and personalities, etc. And these types might also correspond with different gender identities.
They might say that they are more interested in having a girlfriend right now, that doesn’t mean they are suddenly not attracted to all genders.
They could also be dealing with internalized homophobia, or the pressure to get into a “gay relationship”.
Overall, when people say they are pan or another sexuality stop trying to argue that they are something else. Stop diminishing and discrediting people’s sexuality, it just causes more harm.
