Pansexuality

Pansexual breaks down to meaning "all + sexual". "Pan" is Greek for "all". Linguistically, it means "sexual attraction to all genders and sexes". Pansexuality was coined in the early-to-mid 1900s, but it was not until recently (mid-late 2000s) where it really started to become popular within the LGBTQIA community.

Let's clear up some mis-conceptions:

• Pansexuals don't want to have sex with everyone in site
• Pansexuals can have preferences
• Pansexuals can date someone that is a different sex from them (doesn't suddenly make them straight)
• Pansexuals can date someone that is the same sex as them (doesn't suddenly make them gay)
• Pansexuals are not attracted to kitchen supplies
• Pansexuals can be polyamorous or monoamorous
• Pansexuals do have standards when it comes to dating, sexual relationships, or any kind of relationship
• Pansexuality is different from bisexuality

"Omnisexual" and "Pansexual" both break down to "all + sexual". Omni is Latin for "all". The only difference (at least, linguistically speaking) between "omnisexual" and "pansexual" is the fact that "Pan" is Greek and "Omni" is Latin. Some people will argue that omnisexual includes say inanimate objects or aliens, but attraction to inanimate objects or aliens have their own terms (and are their own preferences). Attraction to robots or androids also has its own terminology.  Many people hold the stance "arguing omnisexual and pansexual are different is as silly as saying that the term "rojo" is somehow different from the color "red", when "rojo" just means "red" in Spainish".

The exact difference between "pansexual" and "bisexual" tends to come down to individual preference. From a purely linguistic point of view, "bisexual" means "two + sexual" HOWEVER, there are NUMEROUS ways to interpret "Two". Some examples include: "my gender and other genders" / "my gender and genderfluid" / "agender and non-binary" / etc. Pansexual, however, is not "biphobic" and bisexual is not "panphobic".

The pansexual flag was created around 2010. The pink is for "femininity". The yellow is for "non-binary". The blue is for "masculinity".  

There are a few "pansexual pride" type message boards floating around the internet (mostly on Proboards), but many of the boards have been inactive for a very long time (one of the largest message boards for pansexuality has been inactive since 2016). However, there are numerous pansexual pride related Facebook Groups, Facebook Pages, Aminos, among other social media areas.