The hybrid words pansexual and pansexualism were first attested in 1917, denoting the idea “that the sex instinct plays the primary part in all human activity, mental and physical”, a reproach Sigmund Freud levelled at early psychology.
In a 1952 speech,
Pope Pius said that the “pansexual” method of psychoanalytic
therapy went against Christian values.
A 1974 New York Times article
about the sexual revolution proclaimed: “I see that a lot of people are
going bisexual this year. This seems to be different from going
homosexual, which was last year…I know what comes
next season. It’s pansexuality.”
“… [T]his community is for pansexuals, as described in the user info.
Pansexuals love people of all genders, male and female, but unlike
bisexuals, pansexuals love transgendered, androgynous and gender fluid
people, people who don’t fit into the categories of male or female.”
“Bisexual relies on two genders, and I don’t really believe in that anymore… it makes it very problematic …”
Lori’s solution was to adopt alternative labels, such as “queer,” “pansexual,” or “omnisexual,” and her preference for these terms was directly influenced by her increasing familiarity and experience with the transgender community (…)
“So I think [identifying as pansexual/omnisexual] is more about saying it doesn’t really make a difference what their gender is, it’s more about who you’re attracted to.”
In 2010, the pansexual pride flag emerged on the web,
with a pink stripe, blue stripe, and a yellow stripe in the middle to
symbolize trans, intersex, agender, bigender, nonbinary etc gender identities.
“… [W]hat types of non-heterosexual individuals adopt queer or pansexual sexual identities? It stands to reason that queer and pansexual labels are most frequently adopted by those who experience sexual attraction to more than one gender (…) In this
case, queer and pansexual populations would be similar in sexual/romantic attraction and sexual behavior to those who are bisexual identified, with their differences having more to do with their sexual politics than their sexual orientation perse. Moreover, some nonmonosexual individuals may adopt queer and pansexual labels to avoid stigma associated with a bisexual identity.”
And as above there are many opinions and misconceptions about bisexuality here is The
Bisexual Manifesto (1990) as a reminder of the origin of bisexuality as well:
“Bisexuality is a whole, fluid identity. Do not assume that bisexuality is binary or duogamous in nature: that we have “two”
sides or that we must be involved simultaneously with both genders to
be fulfilled human beings. In fact, don’t assume that there are only two
genders. Do not mistake our fluidity for confusion, irresponsibility,
or an inability to commit. Do not equate promiscuity, infidelity, or
unsafe sexual behavior with bisexuality. Those are human traits that
cross all sexual orientations. Nothing should be assumed about anyone’s
sexuality, including your own.”
Now lets compare all of those with some bisexual history.
So in this post you can see that in 2002 Pansexuality became known as also being attracted to transgender and nonbinary people.
Even though bisexuality has always been described as inclusive.
