• Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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    2 months ago

    Idk, I've lived my life as cishet and plan on marrying my current partner, I've accepted that I'm actually closer to pan than I am to het but it feels like stolen valor to try to claim that, especially as a cracker.

    It feels like it might be more effective to my queer comrades for me to defend them as a cishet ally than risk feeding ammo otherwise.

    This is a subject I am terribly ill-informed on and would love any input from queer comrades.

    • SuperZutsuki [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      If you're pan, you're pan. Doesn't matter if your current relationship is straight-presenting. Doesn't matter if you get married and stay with her your whole life. I knew I was pan but refused to say anything about it to anyone for a very long time because I was in an ostensibly hetero relationship. It just felt worse and worse until I couldn't hold it in anymore. There are MANY queer people who know and aren't out to anyone. I wouldn't be out if not for all the lovely people on here. Bi/pan erasure is real and damaging, don't erase yourself because you don't want to rock the boat. Does your partner know?

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        2 months ago

        Yea, she knows, she's pan herself (actually prefers women generally, haha, funny how we worked out). I think a large part of my struggle is growing up in an incredibly homophobic environment and constantly being called "gay" for having any effeminate traits, despite being a cis-male, and my personal failure to fully confront that internalized homophobia. It's something I'm trying to work on.

        Thanks for the perspective!