Pansexuality is a noun, and pansexual can be used as a noun or an adjective to describe a person who is pansexual. The prefix pan is the Greek word for all. Pansexuality means being attracted to all people regardless of gender identity or sex. We'll also explore how pansexuality differs from bisexuality, and talk to people who identify as pansexual about what it means to them. What is pansexual? We break it down here, with help from Carol Queen, the legendary staff sexologist at Good Vibrations in San Francisco.
Our mainstream culture has reached a point where most people are familiar with straight, gay, lesbian, and bisexual identities, but there's less understanding about pansexuality.