Gender & Sexuality dictionary
pangender
[ pan-jen-der ]
黑料网 does聽pangender mean?
Pangender refers to a person whose gender identity that is not limited to one gender and may encompass all genders at once.
Where does pangender come from?
Not to be confused with聽pansexuality (“attraction to people regardless of their gender”), pangender is “a gender identity not limited to one gender.” A person with this identity may feel their identity encompasses all possible genders at once. This includes traditional binary genders (male and female) and nonbinary genders. The prefix, pan-, comes from a Greek root for聽all (cf. pantheism).
Pangender itself falls within the realm of聽nonbinary gender identity, and those that are聽pangender might use gender-neutral pronouns like聽they/them, among others.
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Evidence for聽pangender dates back to the 1980鈥�90s. Usenet posts in the 1990s, for instance, discussed a pangender- and pansexual-friendly event and described a book as pangender in topic. It gained prominence in more mainstream discussions of gender and sexuality in the 2010s, given the growing inclusion and visibility of nonbinary gender identities in culture.
Beginning in 2015, became a popular Tumblr blog and resource on many gender-related subjects.
Examples of pangender
Who uses pangender?
Since gender is different from sexual attraction, one could identify as聽pangender 补苍诲听pansexual, though it’s important not to confuse the two.
Pangender is often used as self-identifier and is common on social-media platforms like Tumblr and X (formerly Twitter). It has also been discussed in publications including CNN, NPR, and Vice.
Also, nb folks, whether you're agender, bigender, pangender, non-binary male, non-binary female, genderfluid, genderqueer, whatever, can explain your gender totally, can't explain it a bit, use nonsense metaphors to explain it, you're all valid here. I will fight for all y'all
— Fiona the Lesbianest Master (@GayestTiefling)
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