skinny-or-dead0106:

Let’s clear something up.

Pansexual is not the same as bisexual. Why, you might ask?

Well, I could go into the actual meaning behind the prefixes while still addressing the expanded meaning of bisexual to include more than just two genders and how the literal meanings behind each orientation are similar.

But the truth of the matter lies in this:

Bisexuality and pansexuality are different because that’s how people choose to label themselves. Most don’t interchange the terms, they identify as one or the other.

While it is nice to know what and who you are, to have a label to put on yourself, labels are not important. But don’t tell someone they’ve labeled themselves wrong or call them something else when they obviously aren’t comfortable with that label.

If someone is comfortable with being labeled as bisexual, they will say that they are bisexual. If someone is comfortable with being labeled as pansexual, they will say that they are pansexual.

Let people label themselves as they are comfortable with and just let them be who they are.

If you don’t agree with how someone chooses to label themselves, and that’s fine because we all may have different definitions, but that is an issue you need to take up with yourself and not project onto others.