Why I call myself pansexual
• Richard Evans Lee
Entry below superceded by: Pansexual, my definition
This is a quickie reponse that I made in a Yahoo eGroup. Not satisfied with it as an explanation of why call myself pansexual instead of bisexual or simply queer. This is a handy place to save the note in case I feel like developing it some day.
When I realized that I could find women attractive for a time I identified as bisexual. Online I kept getting hit on by married men who were looking to cheat on their wives. They seemed to think the label 'bisexual' implied some sort of bond. That gave the word when applied to me a taint if you will.
I also became unhappy with the word bisexual because it implies a binary sexuality: men or women. That ignores the varies shadings of sexuality among people who crossdress. And transsexual people who may be at any stage of modifying their physical gender to bring it closer to the sexualy identity of ideal. And intersexual persons whose genetic gender isn't conventionally male or female.
There are people I find erotically desirable, physically and/or emotionally, who don't fit either gender norms. So I like pansexual to reflect my pleasure in all permutations of gender identity and bodily configuration.

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