We want to write about pansexuality today to help anyone get a clear picture of what it is and how it is different from other sexualities.
Many people confuse pansexuality, demisexuality, bisexuality, and polysexuality a lot and is understandable. Two of them are similar, two of them overlap in some ways, and three of them are relatively new formed sexualities.
For all of you funny ones, pansexuality is not being attracted to pans, or for you Spanish speaking people, nor the attraction to bread. Many people have come up to ask me about pansexuality. Before explaining it, I ask them what they think it is. Most of them tell me they had heard a pansexual was a person that wasn’t attracted to anyone unless they had a strong romantic bond with the person, which is in fact wrong, that is demisexuality.
Some people thought it was another word for bisexual just like homosexuals have other names such as gays, lesbians, queers, etc. which is also wrong.
Someone who identifies as pansexual is someone who is attracted to any person regardless of their sex or gender identity. In Greek, the prefix “pan” means all. Thus, pansexuality means all sexes/genders. Pansexuality, like all other sexualities, has been around forever, but has only been recognized recently.
Please can somebody fully explain pansexuality to me because although I accept anybody who identifies as pan, I don’t fully understand it. I get that it means there’s an attraction to girls, boys, trans girls and boys, nonbinary and everybody but to me that just sounds like bisexuality.. just one that says having an attraction to a trans boy should be different to having one to a cis boy. And with nonbinary, that person will still have male/female body parts. I don’t know. I just need a full blown explanation because I want to be able to fully understand those who identify as pansexual.
First thing first, saying that a transboy is different to a boy is transphobic. A transboy IS a boy (and transgrils are girls)
Now, I’m not bisexual but the usual definition that I see is “attracted to the same gender and different genders” (someone please tell me if i’m wrong here). It means that some bi are only attracted to the gender binary but that others can be attracted to neither boys nor girls.
Pansexuality can both be “attracted to all genders” (wich is me) AND “attracted regardless of gender” (wich still includes everyone). Both definition are correct and still different to bisexuality.
I hope it’s clear, you just have to ask if you want me to explain a little more ^^’
I think you’re pretty accurate with bisexuality but I certainly don’t know many who are purely attracted to those who fit the gender binary. I feel like a more accurate description of bisexuality is “appreciates aspects of androsexuality and gynesexuality” as in appreciating aspects of femininity and masculinity. I imagine most bisexuals would be fine with dating/could be attracted to a intersex, non-binary, gender fluid, etc, person and be perfectly okay with it. I think its just that bisexuality appreciates the aspects of the two genders differently to how pansexuality feels? Like most pansexuals (as far as I know) are gender blind/ attracted regardless of gender/ attracted to all genders, whereas bisexuals have more of an interest in gender aspects? Its really hard to try and explain like, I identify as bisexual and not pansexual though I would date an intersex, genderfluid, non-binary, etc person if I was attracted to them, as much as I would anyone else on the gender spectrum (cisgender girl, transgender girl, cisgender boy, transgender boy, etc) but I do appreciate feminine traits and masculine traits as aspects? I guess I could be pansexual but I find this is true with most bisexuals, even though we’re often accused of being transphobic :)
You have a great explanation though and I think tbh its kinda a hard job to explain the differences between bisexuality and pansexuality so props to you! :D
Thank you for correcting me! Since I don’t know any bisexuals I couldn’t tell more than what I’ve saw on Tumblr, your input is really appreciated! I think you perfectly got pansexuality so congrats on that! ^^
I’m really frustrated and confused because yes, I love girls… but… all this time I finally thought I nailed down myself as pansexual homoromantic and casually calling myself gay/lesbian but still being like “I’d fuck that guy. never in a million years would I date him but I’d fuck him.”
BUT!!!
I KEEP SEEING PICTURES OF MEN BEING REBLOGGED BY MY GAY FRIENDS! AND THE PICTURES THEMSELVES ARE NOT INHERENTLY GAY!! BUT MY FIRST THOUGHT LOOKING AT THEM IS JUST
“ew.”
???!??!?!!?
THESE ARE SUPPOSEDLY VERY ATTRACTIVE MEN? I’M PRETTY SURE I USED TO BE SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO GUYS LIKE THIS?? BUT NOW IT’S JUST
“ewww.”
I DONT UNDERSTAND AND IT’S STRESSING ME OUT
Mabe you’re fluctuating from pansexual to lesbian/not being attracted to men? Sexual orientation is a fluid thing so I think that’s possible. I hope it’s helpful ^^”
Reblog this if you believe that Demisexuality exists and if you support Demisexuals
I’m sick of seeing apparently ‘LGBT inclusive’ posts that completely disregard my sexuality. I want to know who out there believes that I and others like me exist and have a valid sexuality.
what im saying is that bisexuals, pansexual, and asexuals should all join together so we can be in the fictitious trifecta. enough people will say we’re not real and we’ll all converge together in a massive, fierce mass only spoken of in myth. dont come near us or you too will cease to exist
can we include aromantics?
triforce of fabulousness
There we go, a shield to protect against the negativity
YES
okay but why would u include aromantics in this when it was talking about sexualities not romantic orientations why would you not include POLYSEXUALS and then make a different one for panromantics, biromantics, polyromantics and aromantics
?????
I can see why this did not happen yet, as bi, pan, and poly all have the same flag for romantic and sexual, but here is my contribution.
Most people question their sexuality or gender at some point. It was pretty hard for me, and I would like it to be easier for others. So, I figured I’d make this blog.
Here, I will try to help out people who are questioning. I will try to post links to blogs about certain sexualities or genders, answer asks, and anything else you could possibly want.
Hey everyone in the LGBT community, lets make august 1st 2015 the first official LGBT Tumblr selfie day!!!! Take a selfie and post it on Tumblr and tag what part of the LGBT community you are a part of and #LGBT TUMBLR DAY!!!! Lets show the world who we are and our pride as a member of the LGBT community!!!! Keep spreading this around so we can get as many of our friends to help show pride.
