May 24
th is a day we honor as Pansexual Awareness Day to bring awareness and education toward people who identify as “pansexual.” Pansexuality is a sexual orientation that looks beyond the gender binary when it comes to sexual and/or romantic attraction. That is, a person who identifies as pansexual does not define their attraction based on gender and is inclusive for transgender, non-binary, and intersex people. But rather based on individual traits such as personality, education, looks, self-expression, or other factors unique to the individual.
Pansexuality reflects the spectrum of romantic and sexual attraction that has come to define the LGBTQIA+ movement and has been around for just as long. However, it is not as well understood or known as more common sexual orientations such as gay, lesbian or bisexual, which is why “Pansexual Awareness Day” exists in the first place.