• DarkGamer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If only they addressed that in the article…

    “I am pansexual,” he says, meaning that he is attracted to persons regardless of their sex or gender.
    Brady puts it another way: “Bisexual — with an open mind!” he says with a chuckle.

    Oh wait they did. Read the article.

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      1 year ago

      It really gets under my skin when folks frame bisexuality as bigoted pansexuality.

      Edit: I’m not saying he wasn’t making a lighthearted joke and I’m not even really saying he shouldn’t have said it. I’m just sad that for a lot of people this may be the first time they hear about pansexuality and assume it means that people who say they’re bi are transphobic, enbyphobic, or something else.

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      1 year ago

      So somebody wanted to broaden their understanding by asking a simple question and you decided to be a dick?

      Maybe they didn’t have time to read the article and thought somebody would help.

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        1 year ago

        The previous comment getting so many votes is saddening on lemmy. Someone asked a question that wasn’t bigoted and instead of taking the opportunity to educate another human they took the time to quote the article and type up a reply that was dismissive. These types of issues can only be resolved with education and someone taking the extra time to put someone else down is definitely not an ally.

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          1 year ago

          Right. I personally struggle with a lot of the “terms” these days - not because I think they are wrong, only because I don’t always understand what they mean.

          On Reddit, when I saw them used, I would ask for clarification and I’d learn something.

          Being dismissive to people trying to learn isn’t going to bring them into the ally space.