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To me, pansexuality is the attraction to all genders, regardless of genitals. “pan” means ‘all’ in greek. It is essentially choosing your partner based on personality, rather than one specific gender.

It is different from being bisexual as bi (as far as i’m aware) is the attraction to your own gender and one other.

SIDE NOTE: Some pansexual people use the label bisexual as an umbrella term as it is a bigger and generally more publicly known sexuality. This is an individuals choice, however.

Google definition (for clarity): pansexual-not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.

i hoped this helped, anon!

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-Val

I’d like to add more information. Pan- is most commonly defined as “attracted to all genders”, if the attraction is regardless of gender is up to the person. (I believe using ‘genitals’ in this context is transphobic but I’m not 100% sure)
Now, the two most ofently used definitions for bi- are “attracted to two or more genders” and “attracted to the same gender and other genders”. I’m not bisexual myself so it’s based on what I’ve read from actual biromantics and/or sexuals.
Though bi- is used as a way of describing a pan-’s orientation without furhter explanation, the most used umbrella term is “multisexual/romantic” as opposed to “monosexual/romantic”. Multisexuality and/or romantism includes bi- and pan- as well as poly-, omni- and much more I’m not currently aware of. I must admit that I’m not entirely sure of the definition of omni- so I won’t talk about it but I know that poly- is the attraction to multiple genders.
I hope this doesn’t come out as rude or anything, I just wanted to politely add more info on my sexual orientation and the other multisexualities! :)