Pansexuality is a term to describe the sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people, regardless of their sex or gender identity. Under it, there are an array of sexualities that fall in the Multisexual Spectrum (Mspec) such as bi-curious, homo-romantic, pomosexual, auto sexual, polyomous, omnisexual, and androsexual, among others.
2021, "Dear Friends", Bi+ Arts Festival Activity Book, page 4:
Our featured artists embrace many different non-monosexual identities, including bisexual, pansexual, panromantic, m-spec, omnisexual, ace/bi, polysexual, fluid, 2Spirit and queer (among others).
Whilst it could be said to be incongruous and inappropriate to compare apples and oranges in citing the well-known experimental elitist modern writers with a platform such as TikTok, it is an important model of comparison because the historical contexts in which these two platforms of representation have been constructed and consumed are both, for very different reasons, moments in which discussions of m-spec (the multiple gender attraction spectrum) identities were the most vocal and resonant.
['about the contributor' blurb:] Bren Frederick (she/her) is a white, disabled, genderfluid bisexual scholar based in the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder and curator of The Bi Pan Library, an independent archive of bi/pan/m-spec literature. When she's not buried in dusty books, she enjoys learning handcrafts of all kinds, gardening and dressing like she belongs on a spaceship.
2022, Michael Chaiton, Rebecca Billington, Ilana Copeland, Luc Grey, & Alex Abramovich, "Mental Health and Addiction Services Exclusive to LGBTQ2S+ during COVID-19: An Environmental Scan", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 19, Issue 10 (link):
[…] Post-secondary and bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, and other mspec students; […]
2023, Victoria Barron, Perfectly Queer: An Illustrated Guide, unnumbered page:
Depending on personal preference, this umbrella can be called either the mspec umbrella, the multi-sexual/romantic umbrella, or the bi umbrella.
2023, Vaneet Mehta, “Coming Out”, in Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 46:
When m-spec people get into a relationship, their attraction to other genders doesn't disappear. The relationship may not work out and the m-spec person's next relationship could be with someone of a different gender.
2023, Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual Or Aromantic Identity, page 239:
Unlike most of the other Mspec labels, omni indicates a preference for one or multiple genders (while being attracted to all genders).
2023, Bisexual Men Exist review, Woodslane April 2023 Specialist Catalogue, page 15:
This experience inspired Vaneet to create the viral #BisexualMenExist campaign, combatting the hate and scepticism m-spec (multi-gender attracted spectrum) men encounter, and helping others who felt similarly alone and trapped.
2023, "fuckyeahasexual", quoted in Jericho Franke, "Identity and Perception Among Aspec Consumers of Mass Media", thesis submitted to the University of Kentucky, page 56:
Another instance of using lgbtq or the rainbow flag and forgetting mspec or aspec people all together.
