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A thread of questions for pansexual, panromantic, questioning pan, and otherwise pan people!
Please do not feel pressured to answer questions you're not comfortable with, find boring, or any other reason. Just answer the ones you want to! This is just for fun!
If you have any questions you think would be fun or interesting or unique, please let me know!
And feel free to use these questions for or as inspiration for other identity question threads!
And feel free to use these questions for or as inspiration for other identity question threads!
— Let's start with some basics; what's your name/nickname and pronouns?
— How old are you?
— What's your pan identity or identities? (pansexual, panromantic, panalterous, pansensual, panplatonic, panaesthetic, questioning if you're pan, etc.)
— Studies/surveys have shown that pan people are more likely to be trans, non-binary, and/or have complicated relationships with their gender, does this ring true for you personally?
— What are your other identities, if any?
— How do your pan identity and gender identity relate to each other?
— How old were you when you learned about pansexuality?
— What was your first understanding of pansexuality, and has your understanding since changed?
— What does being pan mean to you personally?
— When people ask you what pan means, do you use the exact definition, or do you put it into your own words?
— Have you come out as pan to anyone? If so, what has the reaction been like? If not, that's super valid and I love you.
— What was your pan questioning/realization like?
— Do you use other sexuality labels along with pan?
— Have you identified differently before settling on pan?
— Do you have a gender preference?
— Do you have a type within genders?
— What kind of relationships, if any, have you been in?
— Monogamy or polyamory?
— How old were you the first time you saw non-straight characters in media? Who was it?
— When was the first time you saw pansexuality represented in media, whether the word was used or just the general explanation was given?
— Who was the first non-straight (doesn't have to be pan) character you related to?
— Now, who was the first pan character you related to?
— Who are the pan characters you see yourself in the most?
— Non-straight characters in general that you deeply relate to?
— How does it feel to see pansexuality represented in media?
— Do you know any pan people irl?
— Were there any celebrities or people in your life that made you realize you aren't straight?
— Looking back, are there any celebrity obsessions or friendships from your childhood that make you go ".....oh"?
— How has your experience, as a pan person, in the community been?
— Have you experienced panphobia?
— Are you in any fandoms? If so, do you notice a positive or negative treatment of pansexuality in fandoms?
— What is the most outrageous claim about pansexuality that you've seen?
— What are your thoughts on people trying to tell pan folks that we're actually bi?
— What are some stereotypical pan things about yourself?
— Thoughts on the term "genderblind" and the phrase "hearts not parts"?
— Who is your favorite famous pan person?
— Favorite pan characters?
— What do you think is the most accurately explained, thoughtfully crafted, or involved (by that I basically mean it's talked about/shown more than once) pan rep?
— Do you headcanon any characters as pan?
— Do you think pan headcanons are generally accepted and supported by others?
— You have the power to make one single character explicitly, canonically pan...who do you pick? (If you're an indecisive pan, I'm so sorry)
— What does your dream pan character/storyline look like?
— Least favorite pan characters? Do you just not like them or do you find them to be bad rep?
— How do you feel about the "discourse" surrounding pansexuality?
— When you see hate or misinformation or arguments about pansexuality, do you engage or block and move on?
— What are some things you think are pan culture?
— How do you feel about people using bi/bi+ as an umbrella term for pan and all other mspec labels?
— People have very strong opinions about the aesthetics of the pan flag, how do you feel?
— Opinions on cookware/bread jokes? Annoying? Tiresome? Funny? Unfunny? Okay only from pan people/your friends?
— Funniest pan joke/pun you've heard?
— Be honest, have you read the bisexual manifesto? Do you care about it in the slightest? 
— People think pansexuality is brand new or Tumblr created, but did you know that there is record of pansexual as a human sexuality dating back to at least the 1960s?
— What is the weirdest or most ridiculous definition of pansexuality you've seen?
— Where do you find information on or support for pansexuality? Do you have a friend or friend group, online community, blog, etc. to turn to?
— Do you think pan is genuinely, adequately included in the community?
