Pansexual

Are you a pervy pansexual?

What's the difference between pansexual and bisexual?

Are you a pervy pansexual?

Being pansexual has nothing to do with a sexual attraction to pans (but if that's your fetish, go you!) and it's best not to crack this tired joke when speaking to someone about being pansexual. It's a label some people choose because they don't see gender when they're attracted to a person. Sometimes this is referred to as being gender blind. Pansexual comes from the Greek prefix for all 'Pan', and sometimes people will say omnisexual, which means the same thing, but the prefix comes from the Latin instead. Being free to love regardless of gender is what being pansexual is all about!

What is pansexual?

If you're attracted to the person, and their gender is a secondary consideration or isn't a consideration at all, you might be pansexual. Pansexual people feel attracted to a person's beauty externally and internally with very little attention paid to gender.

What's the difference between pansexual and bisexual?

There are many similarities between the two terms, and they do overlap. Some people happily use both terms interchangeably. However, bisexuality is defined as being attracted to people of the same gender and genders other than your own. In contrast, pansexuality is an attraction that has nothing at all to do with the other person's gender. As you can see, both are very similar, but they're not the same thing at all.

How can I tell if I'm pansexual?

This question is very subjective; you could ask a hundred people and get a hundred different answers. There is no wrong answer, either. What being pansexual means to you is all that really matters. However, the key point is that gender doesn't matter to a pansexual when they feel attraction. It might be part of the whole, but it isn't something that's actively taken into account.

What is the pansexual flag?

The pansexual pride flag has three horizontal stripes with pink at the top, yellow in the middle and light blue at the bottom. The pink and blue stripes represent attraction to men and women, and the yellow stripe indicates an attraction to non-binary genders too. It's been in use since around 2010.

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What does non-binary mean?

For a long time, gender has been seen as a binary. Society is very fixed on the idea that there are two sexes, male and female, and nothing else is widely considered. However, this belief is changing as it becomes more and more evident that gender is indeed a spectrum, not just a binary. A growing number of people are identifying as genders that sit between the binary of male and female with a variety of labels available for people to identify with. Non-binary is an umbrella term for these folks. They may also identify as transgender but not necessarily so.

Varieties of asexuality

Asexuals (or Ace's) are perhaps the least understood or discussed of all sexualities. Asexuality refers to people who do not, to a greater or lesser extent, experience sexual attraction to other people. Sexual attraction is not the same thing as sexual desire or libido, and attitudes towards sex among asexuals varies widely; from sex-averse asexuals who do not like or engage in sex, to sex-favourable asexuals for whom the lack of sexual attraction may have little impact on an active (even kinky) sex life, and everything between. The asexual spectrum also includes a variety of identities, including (but not limited to) Demisexuals who may become sexually attracted to people to whom they are emotionally close, Grey Asexuals who may experience sexual attraction but only rarely or to a lesser degree, Cupiosexuals who may still desire a relationship despite the lack of attraction, and more. Aromantics (Aro's) are a separate identity based on lack of romantic attraction but with a similar variety of attitudes and orientations - many people identify as both Ace and Aro but the two identities are independent of one another. The core identities of Asexual and Aromantic relate to the absence of one or other form of attraction, with variations on the spectrum recognising more specific experiences and attitudes. Copy subbed by Non-Vanilla Aces - A group for any and all people on the asexual spectrum.

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"There's nowt as queer as folk" is an often-used phrase in the north of England and means there's nothing as strange as people. This term stems from the 16th-century usage of the word meaning 'odd, peculiar or eccentric.' Some people think of the word 'queer' as an insult given its use in the later 19th and early 20th century. From the 1980s however, the term was reclaimed by those who want to undermine that insult and use the name to show their rebellious, non-gendered approach to homosexuality. The queer community is vibrant and growing day by day.