Pansexuality

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Attraction to individuals regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Pansexuality is often confused with bisexuality but is in fact a more inclusive term.

What is pansexuality?: An introduction to the definition, meaning and significance of pansexuality as a sexual orientation.
Pansexual vs Bisexual: An explanation of the differences between pansexuality and bisexuality, including the nuances in terms of attraction and identity.
Gender identity and expression: An exploration of non-binary gender identities and expression, which is important for understanding how pansexuality differs from other sexual orientations.
The role of attraction in pansexuality: An in-depth discussion of how attraction works for pansexual individuals, and why it may differ from that of other sexual orientations.
Common misconceptions about pansexuality: A debunking of common myths and misconceptions surrounding pansexuality, including issues of promiscuity and confusion.
Pansexuality in culture and media: An analysis of how pansexuality is portrayed in popular culture and media, as well as its representation in LGBTQ+ advocacy.
Pansexuality and relationships: Information on how pansexuality affects relationships, including the possible differences in communication and intimacy.
The pansexual community: An overview of the pansexual community, including its history, culture, and current issues facing pansexual individuals.
Coming out as pansexual: Tips and advice on how to come out as pansexual, including common challenges and support resources.
Allyship and support: A guide on how to be an effective ally and provide support to the pansexual community, with an emphasis on allyship as an ongoing process.
"Pansexuality is sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people of all genders, or regardless of their sex or gender identity."
"Pansexual people might refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender and sex are not determining factors in their romantic or sexual attraction to others."
"Pansexuality is sometimes considered a sexual orientation in its own right..."
"...or, at other times, as a branch of bisexuality (since attraction to all genders falls under the category of attraction to people of the same gender and different genders) to indicate a lack of gender preference."
"While pansexual people are open to relationships with people who do not identify as strictly men or women, and pansexuality therefore explicitly rejects the gender binary in terms of the chosen etymology..."
"...this is by no means a feature which is exclusive to pansexuality and can also be found in broad definitions of homosexuality, bisexuality, and the asexual spectrum."
"...gender and sex are not determining factors in their romantic or sexual attraction to others."
"Pansexuality is sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people of all genders, or regardless of their sex or gender identity."
"Pansexual people might refer to themselves as gender-blind..."
"...asserting that gender and sex are not determining factors in their romantic or sexual attraction to others."
"While pansexual people are open to relationships with people who do not identify as strictly men or women..."
"...this is by no means a feature which is exclusive to pansexuality and can also be found in broad definitions of homosexuality, bisexuality and the asexual spectrum."
"Pansexuality is sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people of all genders..."
"...gender and sex are not determining factors in their romantic or sexual attraction to others."
"...to indicate a lack of gender preference."
"...as a branch of bisexuality (since attraction to all genders falls under the category of attraction to people of the same gender and different genders)..."
"...sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people of all genders..."
"Pansexual people might refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender and sex are not determining factors..."
"While pansexual people are open to relationships with people who do not identify as strictly men or women, and pansexuality therefore explicitly rejects the gender binary..."
"...to indicate a lack of gender preference."