anyone who identifies as pan in some way, on its own or in addition to other labels, all the time or only sometimes, for your attraction or gender, today is for you.
on days like this, i urge everyone to take the time to learn actual pansexual history. if you don’t know where to start doing so, check out my detailed (but non-exhaustive) timeline of pansexual history.
pan people deserve so much better. we deserve to be taken into account and included in things that concern us. we deserve to be treated with the same kind of respect that others get. we deserve support, understanding, love, and fair treatment.
anyways, i hope all pan people are having a lovely day and i hope all non-pan people are treating pan folks well. be kind to yourself and others. 🌈💕
me from september of last year to now through picrew pfps
september, very close to the beginning of my queer journey, with a different partner than my current, they were a jackass and didn’t help with accepting myself (i can’t remember if i was using he/they at that point, or was still too scared to use he pronouns, and was just any pronouns)
this is december, was really fighting the internalized stuff to accept myself but was happier because of it, i miss my hair from back then, still with that bad ex (pretty sure i was he/they here, or at least any pronouns with a pref for he/they)
january, was waaay better here (broke up with ex and is now with current partner who is the absolute best), further along my queer journey, pretty much entirely accepting of myself (even though i still do struggle with it), wearing fake piercings and figuring out my gender expression, i don’t miss that mullet all that much (he/him i think, or maybe it was he/they or he/they/xe???)
february, I LOVED MY BLUE HAIR SM, figuring out my gender expression some more too, loved the mullet a bit more since it was more grown out and i was trying different styles with it (he/they/xe??)
early march, cut off the bottom of the mullet and achieved ultimate hair goals (i miss that haircut the absolute most), dyed my hair black as well, wearing fake piercings and playing with my gender expression some more again, got some new glasses and i adore them sm, accepting and figuring out new labels about myself (he/they/xe??)
later in march, still loving the hair, let my eyebrows grow out some again, accepting myself more and letting myself be masculine in a less traditional way, in a more androgynous way, a more feminine way (he/they/xe pretty sure)
present, cut all my hair off and went for a buzzcut cuz why the hell not, recently put slits through my eyebrows again, have absolutely no effort to look nice though, fully accepting of all my new labels though
I just discovered that alterous attraction is a thing and that you can be like, both panalterous and pansexual and I’m like…shocked there’s actually a word for it. I don’t know if it’s because I’m autistic or what but I’ve always had trouble with distinguishing romantic vs platonic love but I’ve never had problems understanding sexual attraction. I know alterous attraction can be an aromantic thing and I don’t think I’m aromantic but it’s cool there’s a word for that feeling where you don’t know if what you feel is romantic/platonic/neither/both. Anyway that was kind of a rant sorry
july 14th is international nonbinary people's day (created in 2012 by katje van loon) so shoutout to pan nonbinary folks! y'all are so lovely and deserving of respect and recognition and support! 💛🤍💜🖤 💗💛💙
(also!!!! nonbinary pride week starts the monday preceding nonbinary people's day, so this year it's july 10th-16th!!!)
did y'all know that statistics show that it's very common for people to be both pansexual/panromantic and nonbinary? i think that's neat.
here's to all the nonbinary pans! y'all are definitely not alone in your experiences and identification! i hope y'all have a lovely day and rest of the week!!! 💕💕💕
It’s okay to be pan. You’re allowed to enjoy pride in your pan identity. You’re welcome in mspec and lgbtq+ communities. All pan people make the world a little brighter!