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What is the difference between pansexuality, polysexuality and bisexuality?

Profile: MatthewTheMagical
MatthewTheMagical on Jun 8, 2016
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I don't really see too much of a difference. I think that there's 2 genders, and 2 genders only. But people have different ways of expressing them selves. No offense!
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Profile: EffortlessFreedom
EffortlessFreedom on Jun 9, 2016
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Bisexuality comes from the prefix bi (two) and indicates and interest in two genders (usually male and female) not necessarily equally (it's possuble to have a preference for men but still be sexually attracted to women or vice versa) Pansexuality comes from the prefix pan (all) and indicates an interest in all, or regardless of gender. This includes (but is not limited to) men, woman, people of fluid or no gender et cetera. Polysexual, coming from the prefix poly (multiple) is the most complex here, it appreciates gender as more than male and female but is only interested in some genders (this depends on the person) They may only be interested in women and feminine presenting people but not males for example. Your best bet is to always, politely ask the person whose sexuality it is!
Profile: JaketheTransguyFTM
JaketheTransguyFTM on Jun 9, 2016
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Pansexulaity means that you like everybody, regardless of gender and sex. Polysexuality means that you like numerous genders and sexes. Bisexuality means you like females and males.
Profile: Enigmatica
Enigmatica on Sep 6, 2016
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Polysexuality is the attraction of multiple genders, bisexuality is attraction of the female sex and male sex while pansexuality is the attraction of ALL sexual identities (such as transgender, gender neutral, female, male and so on)
Profile: curiosityofnature
curiosityofnature on Feb 20, 2017
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"pan" = all "poly" = many "bi" = two ...In this case, referring to the genders someone is (sexually) attracted to. So, pansexuals are into all genders (this emphasises that there are more than two), polysexuals are into many genders (i.e. more than one, but possibly not all - this could, for example, mean attraction to women and non-binary persons, but not men). And now things get interesting, because the exact definition of bisexuality is quite debated. To me personally, the term reeks of gender BInary (the idea that there are only two genders even though that doesn't reflect everyone's reality and indigenous peoples have recognised more genders for ages). Some people claim that bisexuality does include all genders and is the same as pansexual, nevermind the literal meaning of the term.
Profile: EmpatheticFANDRAGON
EmpatheticFANDRAGON on May 22, 2017
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Pansexuality-I don't care what gender they are! Male, female, neither, both. I don't care! Polysexuality-I like multiple people at the same time! Bisexuality-Male or female. I swing for both.
Profile: bigSoul58
bigSoul58 on Oct 10, 2017
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Easy, Bi= attracted to girls and boys, Pans and poly=attracted to boy, girls, trans, non binary, gender neutrality, different race, it doesn't matter what you look like it's the personalty that counts.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Aug 13, 2018
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pansexual means you are attracted to basically whatever, guy, girl, somewhere in between, whatever. Bisexual means your attracted to two or more genders (not necessarily boy and girl, sometimes it can be boys and agender people, or something like that). polysexual means your attracted to multiple people too, but i believe its specifically including people who are intersex or identify as multiple genders Basically these terms are all very similar, they do mean different things, but it can sometimes come down to a personal preference of what you identify as
Profile: SympatheticPrune2001
SympatheticPrune2001 on Dec 1, 2018
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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. 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!
Profile: MrMistoffelees
MrMistoffelees on May 4, 2019
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This can be a confusing topic at first. Pansexuality, how I identify, is when gender isn't a defining characteristic of whether or not you are attracted to someone. Bisexuality is when you like two genders or groups of genders, hence "bi", meaning "two". Some people describe the two groups as their own gender, and everything else, which would technically mean pansexual because they like all genders, but they prefer to identify as bisexual. Lastly, polysexual is in between bisexuality and pansexuality. It is when you like more that two genders or two groups of genders (bisexuality), but you don't like every gender (pansexuality).
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