Queer vs. Pansexual

[IceCream512]

What is the difference between queer and pansexual?

 

[Xulian]

What is the difference between queer and pansexual?

As a genderqueer pansexual, I see “queer” as an umbrella term used to describe anyone lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or non-cisgender or non-heterosexual. It’s beneficial to indicate inclusiveness, which is very important to folks in our community having been excluded so much during our lives. Queer has been used about either sexual orientation OR gender identity, or both. Queer used to be an insult hurled at LGBT folks; we’ve since taken ownership of the word and redefined it as a positive term. As neither male nor female, I like and identify with the word genderqueer.

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Pansexual, on the other hand, refers explicitly to sexual orientation. While a bisexual person is attracted to binary males and females (whether they are transgender or cisgender), someone who identifies as pansexual can potentially be attracted to anyone regardless of how they gender-express or gender-identify. I am more likely to be attracted to the person INSIDE than the outside appearance of an individual.

 

[kellybelly]

Queer is an umbrella term, which means that it means all sexualities and non-binary genders. You're queer if you're gay, gender fluid, bi, pan, trans, ace and many more. Pansexual means that you have no preference in gender when it comes to love, and you can like someone for their personality instead of looks or both or looks.