pride coloured chameleons, the rainbow one saying: "someone has a gender you don't understand? that's how stuff works sometimes. i dont understand french but the language still exists"
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[–] 11 points 7 months ago

To some extent, I agree. However, making up new words and terms can be the beginning of the "social" part of the social construct. For instance, part of why I'm so attached to "bisexual" as a label rather than terms like pansexual is that learning of bisexuality was the first time I realised that it was possible to be attracted to more than one gender; previously, I had thought that because I had experienced attraction to boys, that I must be straight. This led me to not even notice the attraction I felt towards other girls until I learned that bisexuality was a thing

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