What is the difference between Pansexuality and Bisexuality?

no difference at all.. they both have the potential to like men or women

im sorry but "pansexuals" annoy me.. they just want a fancy word.

By definition, a bisexual person will *only* go out with a male or a female. A pansexual person will also go out with people who identify as both, neither, or something else. Most people who call themselves bisexual will go out with people who identify in non-binary ways, but haven't met/heard of such people.

I usually refer to myself as bi, but when I came across the definition I found that I am actually probably pansexual. Bisexual people are sexually attracted to both genders, whereas pansexual people are attracted to people regardless of gender. I'm personally more sexually attracted to more feminine or androgynous attributes in people, but I don't care whether they are male, female, transgender or intersex. Sexuality is a little bit fluid anyway, and how its defined will always shift as people and cultures attach meanings to words.

Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by attraction to both the same gender and the opposite gender. Unlike pansexuality, it does not specifically include people who fall outside the gender binary. Pansexuality has been described as a "means to skip the binaries and essentialism of 'bi'."

However, many people who identify as bisexual are actually attracted to people who fall outside the gender binary. These people, who could be described as pansexual, have a variety of reasons for identifying as bisexual, including widespread unfamiliarity with the term "pansexual" as well as its negative connotations for some people. Some define bisexuality as "attraction to people from more than one gender". Others contrast "attraction to people of multiple genders" with pansexuality's "attraction regardless of gender".

Bisexuals have an attraction to both genders, male and female. They like whatever about each gender. Pansexuals have an attraction to transsexuals, transgendered, anyone in drag, male or female, regardless of gender. Gender doesn't play an important role. To further clarify, "bi" means "two", while "pan" means "all". .

In my opinion, there is. But it also depends on the bisexual you ask. *I* personally don't like to be associated with the label "bisexual" because of the stigmas and stereotypes that people have towards bisexuals and what the label "bi" itself means.

You have to look at it as it's context. The prefix "bi" means two, duality, opposite ends of a spectrum, like "BI-nary". It still means that there are two options. So for many bisexuals this means being attracted to males and females, and that males and females are the ONLY two options. Also, a lot of bisexuals base their male and female attraction on what they think defines a male and female...genitalia. So, they want those things to match. They could be attracted to *both* male and female, but in a male, they want a male gender identity (someone that thinks and acts like a male) with male genitalia (a penis) and in a girl, they want a girl with a female gender identity (thinks and acts like a female) with female genitalia. They want their gender and sex to be in alignment (most of the time). Thus they are still sticking to the gender BINARY.

A pansexual person, on the other hand does not. They are more gender/sex blind. They base their attraaction less on genitals and more on personality. They do not assume that a person with a female presentation has a female gender identity and female genitals. They do not as assume that a person that looks and acts like a male will have a penis. Their genitalia is not a criteria as to whether or not they will date that person, or that genitals will define their label. (I can't date you because I'm a lesbian, and even though you look and act like a woman, you still have a penis so I can't date you or vice versa with gay men who won't date a transman with a vagina). Pansexuals will date these people. They will also date drag queens, drag kings, crossdressers, androgynes, genderqueer people, etc.

So to me, THAT is the difference. Pansexuals usually do not believe in a gender binary, and do not hold themselves to falling in line with one in regards to their sexual and intimate attractions.

I really get unnerved when people say it's the same thing as bisexuality. It is NOT, and I hate being associated with bisexuals. A lot of bisexuals base their attraction or their sexual orientation label on genitals and less about personality attraction. To me, what is between your legs is irrelevant. I care more about what's in your heart and brain. Please DO NOT call me a bisexual. Because I care less about our sexual chemistry and more about our intimacy and how we communicate.

Bisexuality is being attracted to male and female. Pansexuality is being attracted to everyone within the female to male spectrum, so pansexuals are attracted to women, men, male-to-female transgendered, female-to-male transgendered etc, they are attracted to anyone regardless of gender or genitals.

I would simply suggest that this obsession with labeling and classifying sexuality might be a waste of time unless you are writing a doctoral thesis in Psychology or Psychiatry. Of course, in those disciplines, pansexualism can be one diagnostic indicator of personality disorders.

If you are sexually and socially functional, happy, satisfied, the label will mean nothing to you or to the people whom you love. However, if obsessing on labeling yourself is a way to avoid a deep-seated sexual or social insecurity or unhappiness, I would suggest that a professional counselor or therapist be consulted as soon as possible to avoid wasting precious time being isolated and unhappy.

Bisexual implies the presence of only two sets of genders

pansexual implies that there are more genders

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When you are pan-sexual, it means you do not distinguish, in your romantic pursuits, between male, female, trans gender, transsexual or any sexual category or outward manifestation. Thus the sex of a person or outward projection of their sexuality which is or is not in line with their birth sex, does not matter to you.