Pangender vs. Pansexual

Main Difference

The main difference between Pangender and Pansexual is that the Pangender is a non-binary gender defined as being more than one gender and Pansexual is a sexual attraction, sexual desire, romantic love, or emotional attraction toward people of all gender identities and biological sexes.

• Pangender

  Pangender is a non-binary gender defined as being more than one gender. A pangender person may consider themselves a member of all genders. The prefix pan is Greek and means “all”. Pangender is a kind of third gender, much like bigender, trigender, or genderqueer. Pangender individuals may identify with gender inclusive or gender neutral pronouns instead of gendered ones (such as she/he or her/him).

• Pansexual

  Pansexuality, or omnisexuality, is the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity. Pansexual people may refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender and sex are not determining factors in their romantic or sexual attraction to others.

  Pansexuality may be considered a sexual orientation in its own right or a branch of bisexuality, to indicate an alternative sexual identity. Because pansexual people are open to relationships with people who do not identify as strictly men or women, and pansexuality therefore rejects the gender binary, it is often considered a more inclusive term than bisexual. To what extent the term bisexual is inclusive when compared with the term pansexual is debated within the LGBT community, especially the bisexual community.

• Pansexual (adjective)

  not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.

• Pansexual (noun)

  a pansexual person.