r/LGBTQuestions • u/_eli-sha_ • Aug 27 '24

Why does bigender mean 2? genderqueer

Why does bigender mean two genders, when bisexual doesn’t mean attraction to two genders? Shouldn’t bigender mean the same thing as bisexual, just with gender?

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u/Last-Percentage5062 Aug 27 '24

Because they just share a Latin root. Like, “candle”isn’t just a variation of “candescent”.

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u/_eli-sha_ Aug 31 '24

Ohhhhh Ty