Wayne Brady is the latest celebrity to open up about his sexuality. “I'm pansexual,” the actor and TV host reveals to People.
“For me, panning means being attracted to anyone who identifies as gay, straight, bi, transsexual, non-binary. It's all the way across the board. And at least for me right now, , I think that's the right place,'' Brady, 51, said. “I interpreted it to mean that not only can you be physically attracted to one of these people or types, but you can also be attracted to the person who is there.”
The prefix “pan-” means “all.” Therefore, pansexual refers to a person who is romantically, emotionally, and sexually attracted to all people, regardless of their gender identity.
Pansexuality is often confused with bisexuality, and although the terms may overlap, they are not interchangeable. Bisexuality refers to a person who is attracted to more than one gender, but not necessarily all genders. However, according to GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, pansexuality falls under the “bisexual umbrella''.
“Bread tends to be all-encompassing, and bi tends to be more than one thing,” she said. USA Today. “Honestly, the golden rule is to call someone by how they identify themselves.”
“Pansexual is a newer, more expansive term, and bisexual people may prefer one gender more, and pansexual people typically don't take gender into account,” says National LGBTQ. added Kathy Lena, communications director for the task force.
In addition to Brady, other celebrities have come out as pansexual, including Demi Lovato, Mae Whitman, Jena Malone, Miley Cyrus, Tess Holliday, Bella Thorne, Janelle Monáe, and Tammy Slaton. are doing.
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“I love queer people,” JoJo Siwa told PEOPLE in 2021. “Technically, I think I'm pansexual because I've always been that way. My life is just who I am.”
For her past cover stories, variety, Cara Delevingne also opened up about being a queer woman in Hollywood.
“I think I'll always be pansexual,” the model and actress told the outlet. “No matter how a person defines themselves, whether it's 'they,' 'he,' or 'she,' I fall in love with that person. That's it. I’m attracted to people.”
In 2018, Brendon Urie, Panic!Disco frontman comes out as pansexual in interview paper magazine.
“I'm married to a woman and I love her very much, but I'm not against men. For me, I like people. Yes, you call me pansexual. I think it's okay to consider that, because I really do, 'Don't worry about it,''' he told the magazine.
“If the person is great, then the person is great. If your heart is in the right place, I just like good people. I'm definitely attracted to men. I'm attracted to people. Only,” Yuri added.
outer banks Madison Bailey, the star who plays Kiara on the Netflix coming-of-age drama, revealed she is pansexual when introducing her girlfriend in 2020. In her TikTok video, she explained that she is attracted to people regardless of gender and instead focuses on the “inner side.”
“No one knows what pansexual means,” she wrote above the clip. “Girls, boys, trans boys, trans girls, non-binary babies. That's what's inside.”
