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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

I would jump into this entire discussion with a general question of my own - being bi or gay - is it related to sexual attraction, emotional attraction, or both? For ex. A person of one sex, can find the person of the opposite sex attractive in a sexual way, but could never imagine an emotional bond with the opposite sex.

I would assume it has only to do with sexual attraction, but reading comments... seems blurry.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    colloquially, no there is no distinction. you are straight, bi, or gay.

    if you want to get technical/academic about it, there is -sexual and -romantic distinctions, and like totally separate pride flags for all this. and they have it for like every possible combination... including pride flags and identities for being attracted to fiction characters or non-humans. but that isn't how normal folks talk, that stuff was all created on Tumblr by angst teens who wanted to have infinite categories of gender and sexuality to make themselves feel distinct and special.

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