wha tis a pan/trans sexual?

Question

and what other "sexuals' ie bi are out there

Answer 1

Pansexual: someone who is attracted to all people, including men and women and those who don't fit gender descriptions of "male" and "female" (i.e. transgender and transsexual individuals).

Transsexual: a person who has gender dysphoria (feels they have been born in the wrong body) and takes hormones and undergoes surgery to change their sex. Sometimes transgendered people may later become transsexuals, and transsexuals may, after surgery, be transgender (i.e. if a man transitioned to a woman, she may be happier as a woman, but still know that she's not quite right as a female, either- look up Kate Bornstein for a good example of this). Some transsexuals never do get on hormones or have surgery, and they are called non-operative, and while they may seem no different than transgenders, they are, because they feel trapped in the wrong body, but choose not to rectify it for any number of reasons, often including the high cost.

Not to be confused with:

Transgendered: individuals who feel that they are not one of the two dichotomous genders (male or female). They may feel they are a mixture of male and female, neither, or a 'third gender' that is totally different. Transgenders often include masculine women, feminine men, and so on, although there are some people who look 'normal' (whatever that means), but can still identify as transgender in their minds. They, like transvestites, are completely happy in their bodies- they do not want to change them at all, just acknolwedge that they aren't entirely men or women in the way we currently define men and women.

Some other types of 'sexuals', all easy to look up on Wikipedia:

Bisexual
Omnisexual
Asexual
Autosexual
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Intersexual

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

A transsexual in a nutshell is someone who feels like their born in the wrong body and wish to change their sex. Someone with the mind of a woman trapped in a man's body for example.

Pansexuality goes beyond bisexuality in that it includes more then just male and female (such as transsexuals). It also seems to have no focus on gender compared to bisexuality.

Answer 3

I only know of homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, metrosexual, and transexual, but I'm sure there are others. Obviously homosexual is a man/woman liking the same gender, heterosexual is man/woman liking the opposite gender, and bisexual liking both men and women. Metrosexual (from what I've been told) is a straight man who does things that typically only bi/gay men do, such as getting a manicure or something. Transexual is when someone who was a man/woman takes hormones, has surgeries, adapts etc to becoming the opposite sex.

Answer 4

transsexual is a term for sexuality (who you are)

panssexual is a term for sexual orientation (who you are attracted to)

transsexuals are people who's brain does not agree with their body in terms of sexual organs. ie a woman trapped in a man's body.

pansexual is an orientation for someone who is attracted to amles, females, and transsexuals.

Answer 5

And there's "asexual" ... no sex organs; sexless... or no interest in sex.