It’s important to remember that, when it comes to orientation, we all get to choose our own labels. Those labels aren’t erasing bisexuality, so why is heteroflexible?” However, as Kasandra Brabaw argues in this Refinery29 article, “People identify as queer, pansexual, fluid, polysexual, and many other words that mean they’re attracted to more than one gender. There’s a common misconception that bisexual people are attracted to people of all genders to the exact same extent, but that’s not true - some bisexual people prefer one gender over others, so the word “heteroflexible” would fit into this definition. In an article in Affinity Magazine, writer Charlie Williams says the term contributes to bi-erasure because what we describe as heteroflexibility is actually just bisexuality. Pangender (adjective) Describes a person whose gender identity is comprised of many genders or falls outside the traditional cultural parameters that define. This argument is that someone should simply call themselves bisexual if they’re attracted to more than one gender. Some people still believe that a person can only be attracted to one gender, and that this orientation can’t be flexible.Īnother argument is that “heteroflexible” is a bi-phobic term, meaning that it’s bigoted toward bisexual people.
It's not to be confused with bisexuality, which means being attracted to more than one gender. There are a few reasons why the word “heteroflexible” is controversial. Pansexuality refers to someone attracted to all people no matter their gender identity. Why is this distinction so contentious for some? Pansexual is attraction to all sexes and genders it also is defined as attraction regardless of sex or gender the person is attracted to some other kind of trait outside the gender.
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