Pansexuality?

Discussion in 'Bisexual' started by Domikatetrix, Apr 5, 2009.

  1. Domikatetrix

    Domikatetrix if your naaaaaaaaaaasty

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    Just curious what peoples view on it are. I myself am one with more lesbian tendicies though.
     
  2. LorettaYoungSilks

    LorettaYoungSilks Member

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    In all honesty, I still am clueless on the difference between Bisexualism, and being Pansexual. From what I have read, it's attraction to both sex's, and those who cannot characterize themselves within either gender boundary.

    So it's surely applies to someone who has fallen for a transexual? It's really confusing, but then I haven't long known of the term. Don't care to elaborate on the proclivity in question?
     
  3. Kythlo

    Kythlo Member

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    I'm pansexual too, with slight leanings to male identified people regardless of biololgical sex.
     
  4. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    Yeah, its complicated enough with the GLBT, without having to ad a P.

    And it just sounds so "la-di-da look at me" when I hear it, not that I do hear it often.

    In the end its going to come down to love, doesnt matter whether you like having sex with animal, vegetable or mineral or all three, there is going to be one you love above all others and then the label you put on yourself is just going to be about whether that significant other has an inny or outy middle leg
     
  5. sobebella

    sobebella Member

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    a freind told me its looking past gender compleatly, and judging on personality, and if so thats what i am, though i do have a preference to guys as far as looks go, i look mostly for how there personality is.
     
  6. Domikatetrix

    Domikatetrix if your naaaaaaaaaaasty

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    thats pretty much it lol. Some people just don't like it and tell me to choose one :/
     
  7. sobebella

    sobebella Member

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    i dont see what would be wrong with it lol, its liking some one for who they are not what is or isnt between there legs.
     
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  8. LorettaYoungSilks

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    Makes more sense now. Based on what I have heard, my views on it are positive, at least to some degree.

    I am all in favor of people labeling themselves as they want (since labels in the first place are so restricting), but to me it still sounds like bisexuality. The person however tends not to focus on lust, and more on personality.

    Arguably, by that definition, since I prefer personality to looks, and since i'm gay- you could describe me as homo-pansexual? To me it seems a little pedantic.

    Not meaning to step on people's toes here, by the way.
     
  9. Invisible Soul

    Invisible Soul Burning Angel

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    I think pansexuals are not attracted to the physical, only the personality. Making them in effect, bi-sexual. They can be attracted to either gender, because the outword appearance doesn't do anything for them attraction wise. It has nothing to do with being attracted to transsexuals. Though they obviously can be attracted to them too, because their gender and/or born sex is completely irrelevant to the attraction. They are pretty much blind to gender, and only care about the personality of the person. And it is certainly not true that only a pansexual person can love a trannsexual. Though really, the only other people who could be attracted to transsexuals, are men who have a fetish for "chicks with dicks". Or for people born in the wrong body, the person accepts the other's brain and/or genetic gender as their real gender, regardless of their physical outer body sex.
     
  10. Domikatetrix

    Domikatetrix if your naaaaaaaaaaasty

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    i just hate being called bisexual cuz it's such a fad now a days and I feel pansexual is more accurate...
     
  11. addictedt0chaos

    addictedt0chaos Lunar Dreadlocks

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    bisexuality is not a fad. slutty girls have just decided to give themselves a more acceptable name.

    i would rather they use the term bi curious if anything
     
  12. mrpwonder

    mrpwonder Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    I agree with you 100% Domikatetrix. I have said for a long time that I'm really pansexual. Bi is not a fair term to really describe how I live.
     
  13. Dancing in the Mists

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    *dusts off topic*

    I feel like the term "pansexuality" is not used nearly enough. I describe myself as "pansexual" so as to not limit love. Finding somebody you truly click with 100% is so difficult, and personally, I have yet to discover a "pure love." Why should I limit it based on gender or gender identity? Maybe it is not out there at all, and I am destined to a life of solitude. Thankfully, I believe we all create our own destinies, and I have yet to come across a person that I want to join me in my self-created fate.

    Tangent aside, pansexuals are those that value a person's mind/personality/spirit above any physical attributes or personal identities. They are referred to as "gender blind" at times, and often, because of the broad spectrum across which they are capable of loving, their feelings are one sided.

    The term "bisexual" is more constrictive. It allows room for men and women. The term implies that there is a cut and dry line between genders/identities. It is not accurate. Identities are as varied as the people themselves are, and to label every specific one is practically impossible. The need for labels is a bit pointless, but as humans, we feel the need to give an identity to everything. By giving it a name, we feel we have some sort of control and understanding. Relinquishing such control is a skill and luxury that few have the ability to master.

    Pansexual or bisexual? What is in a name?

    Your outlook can influence the term you use. "Bisexual" is more common and acceptable. "Pansexual" opens the door for questions, conversation and debate. How outgoing are you? Do you really want to create a gateway for those lovely heated conversations involving the undefined gray areas? I say, bring it on!
     
  14. Aerianne

    Aerianne Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    Pansexual -

    IMHO, means that a person is attracted to another's personality and that they are so drawn to that personality that they make love to the body, to give them both pleasure.

    The "parts" are the tools you have been provided with to achieve that pleasure; and it doesn't matter what they are or where they are.
     
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    I refer to myself as a pansexual, as I just don't take in consideration the gender of my partner. To me it's just one of the many things that makes them who they are, it's like saying they have a certain height/weight/hair color/personality trait/etc. Unlike bisexuals who can be sexually attracted to both males and females but open to romance with only one gender, pans are attracted to all genders and gender identities both sexually and romantically.
     
  16. RileyHorror

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    I self-identify as both bisexual and pansexual, but I view pansexuality as being the more accurate term for me. I've been attracted to people of all gender expressions and sexes. However, I'm more likely to be attracted to cis-women and trans-women, but I am sometimes sexual attracted to cis-men, trans-men, non-gender binary people, and other gender expressions.

    Some people claim pansexuals are only attracted to people's personalities and not sexually attracted to them, or at least sexual attraction is not as important as someone's personality. This, however, is mistaken, for it is not true for everyone. For me, being sexual attracted to someone is just as important as their personality if I am going to have a relationship work with them. Who wants to be in a relationship with someone—anyone—that you don't find sexually attractive? Who wants to be in a relationship with someone—anyone—that doesn't find you sexually attractive? I bet most people, like myself, would not want either.
     
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