Panromantic

Panromantic

Panromantic is a term used to describe people who are capable of feeling a romantic attraction toward people regardless of theirsex orgender identity. The sexual equivalent of this ispansexual.^[1][2]

Etymology[]

"Panromantic" is derived from the Greek prefixpan-, meaning "all" or "every".^[3]

Community[]

Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day is internationally celebrated on May 24.^[4]

Flag[]

One panromantic pride flag design, which was created by Mod Hermy of the DeviantArt account Pride-Flags, depicts a striped heart in thepansexual flag colors (magenta, yellow, and blue) that is centered within lightened versions of the stripes.^[5]

Panromantics are not necessarily pansexual and can have a distinct sexuality, such as panromantic and demisexual. Since at least September 2015, there has been another flag distinctly for panromantics separate from the pansexual flag. The alternate panromantic flag has stripes that each represent different genders: blue (binary men), green (individuals who are genderless or gender-neutral people), orange (genders that are in-between the binary and outside of the binary), and red (binary women).^[6]

Distinction[]

Pansexual[]

Main article:Pansexual

While both pansexuality and panromanticism entail the attraction to all people regardless of gender, the main difference between the two is that pansexuality means havingsexual attraction to all genders, whereas panromanticism means havingromantic attraction to all genders. Panromantic people may or may not experience sexual attraction for the genders they are romantically interested in. Because romantic and sexual attraction are not necessarily correlated, it is not necessary for someone to be pansexual in order to be panromantic and vice versa.^[1][2]

Biromantic[]

Biromantic and panromantic are similar orientations but have nuanced differences. Panromantics are romantically attracted to people ofall genders and gender does not play a role in the attraction, while biromantics are romantically attracted to anytwo or more genders. Furthermore, biromantics may only want to form a romantic relationship with certain genders, while panromantics are open to people regardless of gender.^[7]

Polyromantic[]

Main article:Polyromantic

Though romantically attracted to many genders, polyromantic people do not necessarily experience attraction toall genders. Panromantic people, however, do.^[8]

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