Knowra Pansexuality Pansexuality Pansexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by the potential for attraction to people regardless of their gender. It does not mean attraction to everyone.
Sexual orientation : A pattern of romantic, emotional, or sexual attraction, or its absence, in relation to other people. Pansexuality is one specific sexual orientation.
Bisexuality : A sexual orientation involving attraction to more than one gender. The two labels can overlap, but pansexuality emphasizes attraction regardless of gender.
Sexual attraction : A form of attraction involving desire for sexual contact with another person. Pansexuality describes a pattern in the potential direction of this attraction.
Pansexual : An adjective describing a person whose potential attraction is not limited by gender. This is the identity adjective derived from pansexuality.
Identity politics : Political activity organized around shared social identities and experiences of marginalization. Pansexual identity can inform community organizing and claims for recognition.
Pansexual flag : A pride flag with pink, yellow, and blue horizontal stripes, associated with pansexuality. Its colors provide a widely recognized symbol of pansexual identity.
Omnisexuality : A sexual orientation involving attraction to people of all genders, with gender potentially shaping attraction. It differs from common accounts of pansexuality that emphasize gender's irrelevance to attraction.
Romantic orientation : A pattern of romantic attraction that may or may not align with sexual orientation. Pansexuality is sexual-orientation language, while romantic attraction can be described separately.
Pansexuality (psychology) : An older psychoanalytic concept describing sexuality as pervasive across human motivations and behavior. This historical use differs from the contemporary orientation meaning.
Minority stress : Chronic stress arising from stigma, discrimination, and other pressures faced by marginalized groups. Stigma toward pansexual people can contribute to minority stress.
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