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What is the difference between pansexuality, polysexuality and bisexuality?

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Anonymous on May 18, 2015
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Pansexual= Sexual attraction to any and all genders Polysexual= Sexual attraction to more than two genders, but not all. Bisexual= Sexual attraction to only two genders
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kindBubbles47 on May 31, 2015
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Pansexuals have an ability to feel sexual attraction to anybody, regardless of gender. Polysexuality is distinct from polyamory, the desire to be intimately involved with more than one person at once, or pansexuality, which is attraction to all genders and sexes. Polysexuality encompasses many, but not necessarily all, sexualities Bisexuals can feel attraction towards both men and women, but do not feel attraction to thoes who do not fit these categories, e.g, non-binary people
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Skyler99 on Nov 1, 2016
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Pansexual means that you are attracted to all genders. Polysexual means that you are attracted to multiple genders, but not all. For example, I'm Polysexual, and I'm attracted to girls and non binary people. But I don't like guys. And bisexual means that your attracted to two or more genders. Most people who use the label bisexual are attracted to guys and girls.
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Anonymous on May 10, 2016
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Pansexuality (pan=all) means you are attract to people of all genders. I like to think of this as hearts, not parts (even though you might have your preferences). Polysexuality (poly=multiple,many) means you are attracted to multiple genders. Not just 1,2, or all, but many off of the spectrum. If you are bisexual (bi=2) that means you are attract to the 2 "main" genders: male/female.
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Anonymous on Jan 10, 2016
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Bisexuality is the easiest to define so I'll start there. Bisexuality means that a person is attracted to males and females in terms of sex and gender in the binary system. Poly- and Pansexuality are both terms for when a person is attracted to anyone regardless of there sex or gender along the spectrum. This means they can be attracted to trans, androgynous and people who don't identify as any gender for example. The only difference between Pan and Poly is what a person prefers to identify as.
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JumpyGoiaba on Sep 10, 2018
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Generally speaking, bisexuality and pansexuality could be described as specific forms of polysexuality (attraction towards more than one gender). a A bisexual will feel attracted to two genders, usually their own and the opposite. Sometimes, it is used as an umbrella term to designate pan and poly people as well, so this may include an attraction towards non-binary gender identities as well. A pansexual, on the other hand, can experience attraction towards all genders, including non-binary identities. Polysexuality is the attraction towards more than one gender. It can include binary and non-binary identities, while not necessarily including all of them.
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AlwaysFaceForward on Aug 27, 2015
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As far as I'm personally aware (I'm pansexual), Bisexuality is sexual attraction to both binary genders (male and female). Pansexuality is sexual attraction to all genders and sexes, whereas Polysexuality is sexual attraction to multiple genders and sexualities, though not necessarily all.
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Anonymous on Sep 5, 2015
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Bisexuality. The prefix "bi" means two so, bisexuality is when someone is attracted to two genders, usually their own gender and the opposite sex gender. The prefix in pansexuality "pan" means all. So pan sexual people are people who are attracted to all genders. A lot of people prefer using the term pan sexual because it includes transgender people and non binary genders. This makes the term more inclusive. Polysexuality is when someone is attracted to multiple genders, but not necessary all. For example: Amy is bisexual because she is attracted to men and women. Peter is pansexual because he is attracted to men,women, transgender men,transgender women, and all non binary genders/gender queer people. Max is polysexual because he is attracted to men,women and gender queer people. I hope that makes a little bit of sense.
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Anonymous on Jan 7, 2016
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Polysexuality is where you like some but not all of the sexes. Bisexuality is you like both male or female. Pansexuality is where you like all of the sexes including transgender male and female
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CaseyC on Jan 9, 2016
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Pansexuality is when one doesn't see boundaries when looking for a sexual or romantic partner in terms of gender. Pansexuality literally means "all-sexual". Polysexuality is attraction to two or more genders, but not all. Bisexuality is the attraction to two genders, but no more than two, as bi- means "two." These two genders are most commonly male and female.
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