saw a twitter post calling someone attracted to feminine presenting people of any gender a "reddit bisexual" and it got me thinking a bit
i feel like the way we term sexuality simply does not work with a more modern conception of gender, what exactly is lesbian or gay or straight in a world where being a man or woman doesn't necessarily infer as many things about a person as it was expected to in the time where these labels were defined
like, for instance if someone identifies as a man but chooses to present as feminine as possible, that just doesn't work with how we term sexuality, it'd be hard to call a straight man gay for being attracted to them, and yet they'd have to be if they're attracted to another man!
seems somewhat reductive to tie the way we class sexual attraction to gender at all then, maybe it'd be easier just to make masculinity/femininity just another preference? like, rather than having to label it, just say "im into all feminine presenting people" or "im not into super masc people", rather than saying "im straight but gay for specific people technically, even though i don't feel at all gay or identify with the term"
idk, turns out cohost is a fun place to put all the interesting identity thoughts ive have stewing around my head for a while
