I don’t usually like to use specific terms to define myself, but to me it’s easier to say: “bisexual agender” than: “I don’t actually fit into the gender roles nor identities, and I also like a lot of different people, but not always. Also I sometimes feel inclined to a gender, but never enough to say ‘I’m that’”. You know, like a TL;DR.

Also, I’ve known different types of people who need definitions and certain terms:

• People starting to explore their identities and want to know if there’s someone somewhere that feels/understand the same.
• People that will invalidate feelings and will not believe things unless there’s more people telling them that they exist (doesn’t always work).
• I, because I’m lazy and specific terms save me some time when I don’t want to explain the whole thing, but it’s enough for others to look up.

I’m pretty sure there are more reasons, but you need to understand that external people will try to negate anything that’s not “written down”. And to add more context, there are some terms I haven’t even seen in person or known, but whatever, I respect that. I hope categorizing is not needed in the future. Unfortunately, there’s still backlash, hate and violence towards the community, with or without “weird” words, you can be targeted just because of your looks or your personality.

P.S.: some people may not need to specify their preference/identity, but that may be because theirs is seen as “normal”, that’s a whole other discussion.

I like Mastodon a lot. i feel like people talk more about themselves and express their opinions freely, even me.

It’s like a cozy (?) place. I feel comfortable and I surrounded by different opinions, but in a relaxing way, actually communicating and talking.