What is pan lesbian

What Does It Mean to Be Pansexual?

People who come out as pansexual face stigma from society and their may explain their reluctance to come out. Pansexual young people are almost two times less likely to be out than lesbian and gay young people.

Coming out as pansexual poses different challenges than coming out as gay. "Pan folks often deal with double the misunderstanding from straight communities and sometimes even from within LGBTQ+ spaces," Howard says. "Their identity might be questioned, minimized, or erased altogether."

It's common for pan people to be told that they're "confused," or that their sexual identity is "just a phase." "There's also the adj labor of constantly having to explain what pansexuality means," adds Minor. "That ongoing need to justify or defend your identity can feel lonely and draining."

Dating can pose its own minefields. Potential partners may struggle to understand what it means to be pansexual, and what implications it might have for a relationship, says Suwinyatti

A pansexual lesbian (or pan-lesbian for short) is someone who is both pansexual and a lesbian.

There are many reasons why one would use Pan-Lesbian:

Flag

The pan-lesbian flag was designed by tumblr user bi-lesbian on January 19, [1]

An alternative pan-lesbian flag was created by tumblr user kenochoric on October 29, [2]

The pan-lesbian symbol was created by Tumblr user bi-lesbian on August 12th, [3]

Resources

List of LGBTQ+ terms

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Abro (sexual and romantic)

A word used to describe people who include a fluid sexual and/or idealistic orientation which changes over occasion, or the course of their life. They may use unlike terms to describe themselves over time.

Ace

An umbrella term used specifically to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction. This encompasses asexual people as well as those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual. Ace people who experience romantic attraction or occasional sexual attraction might also use terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to describe the direction of their romantic or sexual attraction.

Ace and aro/ace and aro spectrum

Umbrella terms used to describe the wide group of people who experience a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of romantic and/or sexual attraction, including a lack of attraction. People who identify under these umbrella terms may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including, but not limited to, asexual, ace,

Bi/pan lesbian exclusionism

Bisexual and pansexual lesbian exclusionism, also known as mspec[note 1] lesbian exclusionism, and often shortened to bi/pan lesbian exclusionism, is a form of LGBT exclusionism. It is aimed at a fractional minority within the community who identify as either "bisexual lesbian", "pansexual lesbian" and other types of mspec lesbian for a myriad of reasons:

  • They may experience attraction to women and non-binary people (using "bisexual" to mean "attraction to the same gender and a different gender" rather than "attraction to men and women").
  • They may experience no romantic attraction but still experience sexual attraction to men (cis, trans, or otherwise), while also experiencing both lovey-dovey and sexual attraction towards women (again, cis, trans, or otherwise) and nonbinary people.
  • They may be sexually and romantically attracted to men as well as women, but consider "lesbian" a term that includes any woman attracted to women, not just homosexual women.
  • It more accurately expresses their sexual and romantic preferences than simply ide