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Pansexual people


  • Here are entered works on people who are attracted to people regardless of their gender expression, gender identity, or biological sex and who identify as pansexual.
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    • Omnisexual people
    • Omnisexuals
    • Pansexuals
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    • found: Work cat.: Hayfield, Nikki. Bisexual and pansexual identities, 2021:p. 15 (pansexual people; pansexual people's identities, experiences, and lives) p. 8 (the meaning of pansexuality has perhaps predominantly come to refer to attraction to all genders across the gender spectrum, or "regardless of gender"; Pansexuality may be used by anyone (e.g., people who are trans, genderqueer, genderfluid, and by cis people) who wants to explicitly acknowledge their awareness of gender on a spectrum and of their attractions to trans people; Some pansexual people and communities have used the term "hearts not parts" to succinctly capture the focus on people, rather than bodies and genitalia) (OCoLC)1154813999
    • found: Homosaurus, July 17, 2023(Pansexual people. UF Omnisexual. SN Individuals who self-identify as pansexual, meaning that they are sexually attracted to people of all genders. Some but not all pansexual people also identify as "gender-blind" because gender is insignificant or irrelevant in determining their attraction. RT Pansexuality)
    • found: GSSO - the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation ontology, via WWW, July 17, 2023(pansexual person. SN A person who identifies as pansexual. UF pansexual people. Related synonym: omnisexual person. Short name: pansexual. BT LGBTQ persons; allosexual person; pansexual. SN Sexually attracted to people regardless of gender; alternatively, sexually attracted to people of all genders or any gender. UF pan-sexual; omnisexual)
    • found: Pansexuality: what it means, via WebMD, viewed July 17, 2023(Pansexuality is the romantic, emotional, and/or sexual attraction to people regardless of their gender. Like everyone else, pansexual people may be attracted to some people and not others, but the gender of the person does not matter. People of any gender identity can and do identify as pansexual. Some people use the terms "bisexual" and "pansexual" interchangeably, but there are distinctions between the two. Some people prefer the term "omnisexual" to "pansexual." Some people feel that the term pansexuality implies that their attraction to people has nothing to do with gender. People who prefer the term omnisexual can be attracted to people of any gender but find that gender is still a factor in their attraction. Both "pan" and "omni" mean "all," and the distinction between omnisexuality and pansexuality is hazy. Some people use them interchangeably; Bisexuality is at its core the attraction to some people of two or more genders, while pansexuality is the attraction to a person regardless of gender. Polysexuality is the attraction to people of many, but not all genders; while a bisexual or pansexual person may be attracted to people of different genders or regardless of gender, this does not mean that they are automatically attracted to ALL people of those genders, just as a heterosexual woman is not necessarily attracted to ALL men; Pansexuality is broader than bisexuality, and people who identify as pansexual may be attracted to people of all genders. Bisexuality is the attraction to two or more genders, but not necessarily all)
    • found: Wentling, Tracy L. Genderqueers & pansexuals in the transgender community, 2004.(OCoLC)55128514
    • found: Boyd, Elizabeth Reid. Hook-ups, pansexuals and holy connection, via The conversation website, posted May 15, 2022, viewed July 17, 2023(pansexual (someone who is attracted to all gender types: male, female, trans, non-binary))
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on people who are attracted to people regardless of their gender expression, gender identity, or biological sex and who identify as pansexual.
  • History Notes

    • [Established December 2023.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2023-07-17: new
    • 2023-12-15: revised
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