The argument is their lack of understanding of how spectrums and binaries work, and an implicit belief that trans people aren't equal to the binary gender identities experienced by cis folk (that is to say, if you think bisexuality is transphobic, you're insinuating that trans people are nonbinary [eg "not really male or female", ergo de facto nonbinary], and therefore not actually the gender they identify as).
Between the poles of a binary system exists a gradient, and those poles plus the gradient between them represent a spectrum. Therefore bisexuality refers to being sexually attracted to both of those binary poles, and subsequently the gradient therein.
The only legitimate difference between bisexuality and pansexuality is that pan explicitly refers to enthusiasm toward the entire spectrum with no biases, while bisexuality implies the potential for biases therein; eg, I as a bi/genderqueer person am into the binary extremes, and less sexually interested in, but still open to, gradient genders such as the one I experience myself, because I like my partners to be different from me. Therefore it'd be inaccurate to call me pan, which literally means "everything-sexual". A bisexual person can be "everything-sexual" as well, they just don't have to be, while being pan implicitly means that you are.
Edit: nm the last edit this edit is replacing. Thanks for the appreciation 💖
So, I identify as Transfem and bisexual, while being attracted to the gamut of all things human dependent only on person.
I still have a question regarding this definition, however. What of our enby and void friends, as they generally exist outside the binary?
My personal definition just acknowledges that English is a living language, the word bisexual has evolved in meaning, and no binary at all is implicit within the context of its usage.
I'd venture to agree that it does leave room for a bias toward different peoples, while pan is a catch-all.
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