A couple LGBTQIA+ acquaintances asked me about my sexuality. I didn't give myself a label, but I mentioned that I had scored a 2 on a Kinsey scale test in the past. One of them who identified as pansexual said, "oh, so you're bi-curious." This statement made my identity feel erased, since bi-curious is a label used for heterosexual individuals. This was essentially telling me that I was straight, even though I am clearly not exclusively heterosexual. I was too shy to respond with anything besides, "uh… I don't know?" Thankfully, the other person corrected the first and said, "no, I'm pretty sure that means she's bisexual."
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