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Panromantic vs Pansexual - What's the difference?

panromantic | pansexual |

As adjectives the difference between panromantic and pansexual

is that panromantic is romantically attracted to people regardless of sex or gender identity while pansexual is sexually attracted or open to all people regardless of gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

As a noun pansexual is

someone who is attracted to all types of people regardless of gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

panromantic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Romantically attracted to people regardless of sex or gender identity.
  • * 2008 , Kristin S. Scherrer, " Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire", Sexualities , Volume 11, Number 5, October 2008:
  • As Jessica, a twenty-one year old white woman who self-identifies as a bi- or panromantic asexual describes,
  • * 2012 , Rosie Swash, " Among the asexuals", The Guardian , 26 February 2012:
  • Neth, a 24-year-old from the West Country, describes herself as a "panromantic asexual".
  • * 2012 , Katie Gossen, " Residence Life defies LGBT stereotypes", The Panther (Chapman University), 22 October 2012:
  • “I feel like it’s really important to say that anyone can be queer,” said Sonja Lund, a sophomore theatre major and panromantic lesbian on panel at the event.
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  • pansexual

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sexually attracted or open to all people regardless of gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
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  • Sexually attracted to everyone.
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  • Welcoming people of all sexual orientations.
  • * {{quote-book, 1998, Dossie Easton & Catherine A. Liszt, The Ethical Slut citation
  • , passage=We like to attend pansexual group sex parties, which means that attendees may identify as gay or lesbian or bisexual or hetero or transgendered, but are generally comfortable and happy to play side-by-side with people whose desires may be entirely different than their own.}}

    Derived terms

    * pansexuality * pansexually

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who is attracted to all types of people regardless of gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
  • Usage notes

    * Both may already logically include everyone. * Furthermore, some people translate differently, leading to arguments that one term means "many" and the other means "all", which may lead to claims that one is proper (not sexually exclusive to any human gender identity) and the other is improper and potentially insinuative of zoophilia.

    See also

    * * pangender ----