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I think the word "Pansexual" is a meaningless term for people who need to feel special. CMV.

I am a very sexually open-minded person, so do not think I am a bigot here. I myself am bisexual, so I have experienced prejudice in the LGBT community and society at large, so I can understand the judgment non-heterosexual people face, so understand that.

However, especially as someone who is bisexual and is attracted to males and females, I do not see the point of being "pansexual". I do not see the difference between bisexuality and pansexuality. I know the definition of the word, as in gender not being a factor in your decision making process in finding a mate, but in practice that is literally no different from bisexuality. 

I am bisexual, and I do not actively seek a male or female partner specifically, I choose someone based on who they are, if we get along and if I am sexually attracted to them. I do not see how that is different from being "gender blind", as pansexual people claim to be.

To me, it seems people who are "pansexual" simply need to feel special and different. It may be confirmation bias, but every person I have met who has identified as pansexual has fit this mold. For me, it just seems that pansexual is a term for when bisexual is too mainstream.

I am an open-minded person and would like to hear different opinions and obviously have my views changed as I have many friends who identify as pansexual (even my significant other does) and I would like to understand it better. 

Thank you for your time.
gpt
The term pansexual is meant to be even more inclusive than bisexuality because it encompasses sexual attractions to trangendered and genderqueer people, thus going beyond the binary/dioecious model of sex phenotype.