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Pansexual

By Cory Silverberg, About.com

Updated February 27, 2007

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Definition: This is a relatively new term without a generally agreed upon definition. Here's how I like to think of it. While heterosexual suggests your interest is towards the opposite gender, homosexual suggests the same gender, and bisexual suggests either gender, being pansexual means that you identify as having a sexual orientation towards everything, including people of all genders. It may also suggest that you acknowledge you could be sexually aroused by a song, or babbling brook.
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