Current Events > If da 'B' in LGBT stands for ''Bi'' doesn't dat mean dere's only two genders?

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If you're bilingual, does dat mean dere are only 2 languages?
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It means there's only 2 wheels
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"Bisexual" has traditionally been understood to mean "attraction to two or more genders."

Yeah, according to the rules of language, that's what it could mean (and I'm sure there are assholes who identify as bi and are specifically exclusionary of NB folk), but according to the nuances of context, that's not what it means :)
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the "bi" can also refer to "my own gender" + "other genders"
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averagejoel posted...

the "bi" can also refer to "my own gender" + "other genders"

What if youre attracted to 2 genders that arent your own?
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

averagejoel posted...

the "bi" can also refer to "my own gender" + "other genders"

What if youre attracted to 2 genders that arent your own?

the "bi" can also refer to that as far as I know
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There are an infinite amount of genders

Milkman5 posted...

LGBTQQSSONDVT....

Lesbian Gay Bi Tri Quad Quint Sex Sept Oct Non Dec Vigint Trigint....

There are an infinite amount of genders

that's literally why there's a + in the acronym
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

averagejoel posted...

the "bi" can also refer to "my own gender" + "other genders"

What if youre attracted to 2 genders that arent your own?

There's only 2 so then you're making stuff up for attention
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BloodyNate posted...

"Bisexual" has traditionally been understood to mean "attraction to two or more genders."

Yeah, according to the rules of language, that's what it could mean (and I'm sure there are assholes who identify as bi and are specifically exclusionary of NB folk), but according to the nuances of context, that's not what it means :)

Actually, according to the nuances of context, bisexual has traditionally meant that you are attracted to both males and females. You are the one skewing history to justify your narrative.

TauSexMachine posted...

BloodyNate posted...

"Bisexual" has traditionally been understood to mean "attraction to two or more genders."

Yeah, according to the rules of language, that's what it could mean (and I'm sure there are assholes who identify as bi and are specifically exclusionary of NB folk), but according to the nuances of context, that's not what it means :)

Actually, according to the nuances of context, bisexual has traditionally meant that you are attracted to both males and females. You are the one skewing history to justify your narrative.

ok
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11 posts in and we still haven't gotten a bi- vs. pan- argument.

Kinda impressed.
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And why are transgenders lobbed in with LGB? Transgender isn't a sexual orientation.
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Nazanir posted...

And why are transgenders lobbed in with LGB? Transgender isn't a sexual orientation.

but its not unrelated. gender might be the most dominant aspect of the LGBTQ+ community, since those of us who identify in the first three letters have concerned ourselves explicitly with gender in some way or another. plus its a good way to promote community and intersectionality.

beyond that, historically people who have some sort of non traditional gender identity have been lumped in as gay or confused by most of cis/straight society in a similar way as most LGB people have, so thereve been connections naturally formed that way.
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You're asking too many questions
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