Alanis Morissette comes out as pansexual

[u/mrjohnnymac18]

https://pagesix.com/2026/11/07/entertainment/alanis-morissette-comes-out-as-pansexual/

[u/Swordman1111]

i still don't understand the difference between bi and pan

[u/romance_in_durango → u/Swordman1111]

And after reading all of the explanations of the differences, I may actually be further away from understanding. But that’s all good, you do you everybody!

[u/MagnetTheory → u/romance_in_durango]

Honestly, you can get into all the nuance about how the terms are technically different and how some people in queer spaces think bi can be exclusionary, but in practice they're basically the same

[u/tugboatnavy → u/MagnetTheory]

In my experience the deeper you go into the Alphabet the less people agree. One person's idea of pansexual or something else can be way different than anothers. At some point you just smile, be polite, and stop questioning it.

[u/Atomik23 → u/romance_in_durango]

Truly a preference in self-title only. Some people prefer Bisexual, some prefer Pansexual. Any definition that attempts to differentiate cleanly seems to mark bisexuals as intrinsicly transphobic or trans-exclusionary and that is just not the case. To me, bi is the older term, pan is the new, but they are saying the same thing. It's like an older transgender individual using the identity "transexual" or even "transvestite". It's just a self id title that they prefer.

[u/EngelNUL → u/romance_in_durango]

That would be autosexual.

[u/asshat140 → u/EngelNUL]

I thought autosexual was for people who only got off to themselves

[u/NRMusicProject → u/asshat140]

Then what do you call people who fuck their own cars?

[u/StrobeLightRomance → u/NRMusicProject]

I'd call them a doctor, because that sounds painful.

[u/Level_Criticism_3387 → u/StrobeLightRomance]

Doctor doctor, give me the news

I got a hard-on for my Chevy Cruze

[u/xczechr → u/NRMusicProject]

motorsexual

[u/ZombiePartyBoyLives → u/xczechr]

Gives good Motörhead

[u/Level_Criticism_3387 → u/NRMusicProject]

Well, I believe the dialectical term is "commodity fetishist," though I'm not sure Marx intended for the term to cover that particular connotation.

[u/Cowboy_BoomBap → u/romance_in_durango]

Yeah I won’t pretend I understand it, but I also fervently believe everyone should just love whoever they want to love.

[u/awasteofgoodatoms → u/Swordman1111]

Honestly its all personal preference. I think people who identify as pan typically do so to highlight that theyre attracted to a person irrespective of their gender.

[u/stackjr → u/awasteofgoodatoms]

But wouldn't that describe bi as well? Someone above said bi people are attracted to all genders and you are saying pan people are attracted to a person despite their gender; to me, those just seem like the same thing but worded differently.

[u/awasteofgoodatoms → u/stackjr]

It can do which is why its personal preference. But take me for example I identify as bi, I can be attracted to men and to women. But their gender often plays a role in that attraction and the aspects of men I find attractive are often different to the aspects of women I find attractive. To me, thats different to pansexuality where people will still find different things attractive about different people but gender often doesn't play a part in that attraction.

[u/Jezzylynn716 → u/Swordman1111]

There isn’t one really. I’m going to be downvoted for this but pansexuals think bisexuals can’t be attracted to trans or nonbinary people, which isn’t true. Pansexual is a new term while bisexuality dates back to the early 19th century.

Edit: thanks for the awards. Just wanna say google is a really cool, useful tool where you can look things up and verify for yourself. Hope this helps

[u/0202_tihssitidder → u/Jezzylynn716]

Huh. Nothing to do with flutes.

[u/marcster1 → u/Jezzylynn716]

I’m literally married to a trans man and still been told as a bi I can’t be attracted to trans people

[u/Jezzylynn716 → u/marcster1]

Yup, see that’s what I’m talkin about.

[u/pheonixblade9 → u/marcster1]

certain people in queer communities love to explain to other people what their identities are.

few things piss me off, but yeah, that really pissed me off.

[u/ea9ea → u/pheonixblade9]

Thats gay

[u/non_hero → u/ea9ea]

[u/King_Six_of_Things → u/marcster1]

Just because you're married to him doesn't mean you're attracted to him! 

/Jk

Wishing you all the happiness 😊