On the term 'bisexual'.

So I was recently blocked by two people for having this opinion but as a bisexual I just need to make this clear.

Bisexuality is NOT an attraction to men and women; at least it isn't just that. Bisexuality is most often defined as a sexual attraction to two or more genders. This means that a bisexual can be attracted to non-binary people as well; some of those attracted to all genders choose to call themselves pansexuals or omnisexuals and that's fine too. There's nothing wrong with those terms; the thing is that bisexual is a just as acceptable term.

The most common argumentthat people have against this is that because 'bi' means two, it must only include two genders, these being male and female. There are a few issues with this. The first issue I think is fairly obvious: it is incredible insulting to non-binary people as it assumes just because it has to do with two genders, these genders must be male and female. The logic of it being an attraction to two genders could just as easily be an attraction to male people and non-binary people, or female people and non-binary people, and not recognising this is viewing non-binary people as having less valid gender identities.

The second issue is that the term two, which is legitimately the translation of 'bi', can be interpreted in more than one way. Some people see it as an attraction to people of your gender and to people not of your gender. However the most common way to see it within the bisexual community is that it's an attraction to two (being the bi part) or more genders. This means that anyone attracted to two or more genders is a bisexual. A bisexual doesn't even have to be attracted to both males and females; they can legitimately be attracted to just male and non-binary people.

So in conclusion: Bisexuality is an attraction to people of two or more genders. Denying that is transphobic and linguistically simplistic.