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The adjective pansexual refers to equal acceptance of all of the major human sexual orientations and identities, including heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, as well as transgender, transsexual and intersex people. Sexual orientation refers to the sex or gender of people who are the focus of a persons amorous or erotic desires, fantasies, and spontaneous feelings, the gender(s) toward which one is primarily oriented. The alternative terms sexual preference and sexual inclination have similar meanings. ... Heterosexuality is the scientific name for sexual attraction and/or sexual behaviour between animals of the opposite characteristic sex. ... Since its coining, the term homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love and sexual desire for both males and females. ... Transgender (TG) is also a style of fanart. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... An intersexual is a person (or individual of any unisexual species) who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes. ...


Many groups within the BDSM community are noted for their pansexual nature. A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ...


Another use of pansexual is a sexual orientation towards anybody,including those who don't fit into the gender binary of male/female, implied by bisexual. In a variety of different contexts, gender refers to the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, organisms, or characteristics. ... Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love and sexual desire for both males and females. ...


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Pansexuality is sometimes described as the capacity to love a person romantically irrespective of gender.
The word pansexual is derived from the Greek prefix pan-, meaning "all".
People who are pansexual may be attracted to various forms of romance, and may be aroused by various acts of sex on a carnal level.
PANSEXUALITY : Encyclopedia Entry (373 words)
Pansexuality (sometimes referred to as omnisexuality) is a sexual orientation characterized by a potential aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for anybody, including people who do not fit into the gender binary of male/female implied by bisexual attraction.
Pansexuals may be attracted to various different forms of romance, and may be aroused by various different acts of sex on a carnal level.
A pansexual may be attracted to all genders and sexes, but have a preference, (for example) for transsexuals, other pansexuals, masculine lesbians, intersexed people, etc.
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