prattpack:

when i was first coming out, i flip flopped between identifying as pan and bi a lot. i kept getting different “definitions” and would swap, or i’d be convinced by someone to swap again because they told me their perspective. i finally settled on bisexuality as a label because it was the most comfortable to me, as well as the easiest for people to understand when i started coming out publicly. 

i love all genders. i love people regardless of gender. but i still identify as bi because these things are NOT exclusive to pansexuality. i have no issue with people who choose to use pansexual as their label, but i DO have a problem with people coming up to me, on my posts or in my messages, to tell me what is and is not a part of my sexuality. 

they are interchangeable, for some. just like the distinction or preference for one label or another matters for others. but to take a post where i take a line of dialogue along the lines of “i love everyone / all genders “ and tell me i’m wrong when i interpret that as bisexuality is disgusting and biphobic. yes, it could be pan. no, it is not “more likely” to be pan. both are valid interpretations of similar sexualities. it’s the same as lesbians choosing to use the label of gay – inherently, they are the same, people understand it either way. but to some, it’s important to use lesbian. it is not your right to tell them otherwise. 

so stop being biphobes because yall are really sounding like the whole “droptheb” bullshit mess right now.