What is the difference between pansexual and bisexual?

Often, pansexual people reject the gender binary and are open to dating all genders. Bisexual people, while not limited, tend to identify more with gender as a limited two party system.

Great question, it can be hard to understand all the terminology. Bisexual is a sexual attraction to two genders (usually used when referring to men and women). Pansexual is a sexual attraction to all genders (men, women, and all genders outside the binary or in between etc). If you want to get really specific, you can be biromantic or panromantic which is the same except romantic attraction instead of sexual.

Pansexual is when you are attracted to anyone, as long as you find them attractive, of course. They could be straight, bisexual, trans, non-binary, etc. Bisexual is when you are attracted to both males and females.

Yes, bi sexual is where you like both genders (male and female) while pan sexual you like all genders (gender fluid, transgender, male, female, etc;) Since I am pansexual and most of my friends don’t get what it is I say that it is basically where you don’t care what’s under ones clothes.

Bisexuality is the attraction to two genders, mostly, although some people who are attracted to more than two genders identify as bisexual. For example, a bisexual person may be attracted to males and females but not to nonbinary people, or they may be attracted to males and bigender people, but not to other nonbinary people or females. Pansexuality is the attraction to people regardless of gender. A pansexual person may be gender-blind, or they may recognise gender, but be attracted to all of them (as I am). Some people who would be defined as pansexual May identify as bisexual instead. So a pansexual person will be attracted to males, females, and nonbinary people. I’ll just throw polysexuality in here. Polysexuality is the attraction to more than two genders, but not all. Some people who would technically be defined as polysexual identify as bisexual instead. For example, a polysexual person may be attracted to males, females and pangender people, but not to other nonbinary people. Hope this helped!

Pansexual means someone is romantically and/or sexually attracted to all genders, and in some cases that can even mean a romantic and/or sexual attraction without attribution to gender. Bisexual means a romantic and/or sexual attraction to two or more genders, though the term is most often seen applied to an attraction of two genders. Though both terms can have similar meanings, the distinction between them can mean the difference to whomever is using the term. I've found it's best to research many examples of personal accounts of both pansexual and bisexual people who have their own definition of the term to better understand the nuances of their distinction.

Bisexual is an sexual orientation when an individual is attracted towards both the sex. A person is said to be Bisexual if she/he is attracted to both men and women. Bisexuals' are sexually attracted not exclusively to people of one particular gender; attracted to both men and women. Whereas Pansexual is an sexual orientation when an individual is attracted towards any gender, whether gay's, transsexuals' , bisexuals etc . A person is said to be pansexual when she/he is attracted towards anyone irrespective to gender or sexual orientation . Pansexuals' aren't limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.

These two terms can be confusing to understand as they are closely related. An individual who identifies as bisexual is interested in more than one gender but isn't limited to just male and female. An individual who is pansexual is similar to bisexual in the sense they are interested to all gender and gender identities. The main difference is whether the individual is open to all or a more than one gender. Another example to help define the difference could be using colors. An individual may only like a certain set of or most of the colors (bisexual), whereas another individual may like all the colors (pansexual).

This is a really good question! There's a huge overlap, but the nuance is in the name. Pan means "all". Bi means "two". Therefore, pansexual means attraction to any and all genders, and if I understand correctly, gender/sex plays no role in the attraction. Bisexual means attraction to two or more genders, and I believe gender/sex does play a role in attraction. Honestly though, you can go with any label and be just as valid, and even change back and forth until you settle with something you like! This is just an overview, so feel free to do more research as needed, and keep asking questions!

I know from experience that being pan and bi may seem similar, but are 2 different things. Being bisexual means that you like girls and guys, no one with any other pronouns. It is mainly she/her and he/him pronouns. You may fall outside of these boundaries, though. Being pansexual means that you like anyone, no matter what pronouns.This means they could have anything from the following: -She/her or she/they -He/him or he/they -Xe/xem -They/them -Asexual or have no pronouns The troubling part of finding out if you are bi or pan is knowing who you feel attracted to. Mainly, you find this after figuring out that you are into someone. Best of luck to you!