What is the difference between pansexual, bisexual, and omnisexual? How do I know which one I am?

Slightly joking, slightly not: Bi means you’re over 35, Pan means you’re under 35 and Omni means you’ve spent more time thinking about it than getting laid.

how im aware of it

bi is a catch all terms of gender

omni means youre fine with either but you might have preference to one more than the other. because you have a preference, you would not necessarily be "gender blind"

pan means is like dont even consider gender as a criteria of liking someone. said person can suddenly change genders and it would not affect how they feel about a person. fully gender blind.

I like men, women, non-binary peeps, and both directions of trans folk, but I say bisexual because to me it's all inclusive. Also the best flag.

I'm not being dismissive, because I understand what it is to want to understand where you fit in with the world, but does it matter?

Giving something a name can definitely help sometimes, but it can also "lock you" into an identity, and I promise you that your desires will change and develop, come and go

I abandoned the idea of categorising myself quite a while ago, because I have different tastes to what I did a couple of years ago, and I expect that I will have different tastes in my future as life goes on and things change

I any case, good luck with the whole process, self-discovery never stops while we're still growing and thinking!

Pansexuals are simply omnisexuals who don't understand that it is wrong to use Greek prefixes with Latin root words. /hj

As many others have pointed out, there’s no governing body that defines these terms clearly so we all kind of have our own definitions. It’s important to make a few points though:

• There’s a difference between sexual attraction and romantic attraction. You can be sexually attracted to a gender without wanting to have a relationship with a person of that gender.
• Because gender is a spectrum, so too is sexuality a spectrum.
• Sexuality is also fluid, and can change significantly through a person’s life.

Personally, I identify as bisexual and not either pan or omni, and the reason why I do so is because I’m attracted to feminine women and masculine men. Because I’m not attracted to anything else on the spectrum (masculine women; feminine men; androgyny etc.) I feel like the term bisexual (two) better reflects me. I only have two genders I’m attracted to and am only attracted to those who both identify and present with that gender. I also identify as heteroromantic because, as a cis man, I only want romantic relationships with women (cis/trans, doesn’t matter).

Go with what sounds cooler to you. As they are really no different, and each person could give you a definition of the slight differences they believe they have.

I go with bi, because it sounds cooler to me and because it was the term most used when I was younger so I grew into it, but that's it.

Bisexuals think hot is hot

Pansexuals either don't know what pan means or they're cool with fucking aliens like Jack Harkness

Omnisexuals are pansexuals that want to feel like special snowflakes

Functionally they're all interchangeable, especially bi/pan. The biggest difference between the three is their flags.

Don't try to align to an external orientation. A word won't help you have good relationships. Just get on with loving who you love. The only thing you need to express to someone else is your feelings about them as an individual, and none of those orientation words will help there.

Does it matter?

When I was a teenager, I used to think I was straight. Now in my 30s, I know I only like men. I've been with the same partner for 10 years. At some point I guess I stopped being attracted to women or wanting to pursue a romantic relationship with them. It didn't happen overnight.

Meeting the right person changed something for me. I wouldn't get too hung up on labels. Date whoever you want.

iirc bisexual means "attracted to 2 or more genders" and pan can be attracted to anyone regardless of gender ("gender blind)". idk what omni is

I know bisexual means attracted to both genders, not sure about the others. Try Wikipedia.

They're all interchangeable, really.

How are we supposed to know? Shouldn't you be telling us?

Everyone I've ever met, has their own personal definitions for the distinctions between these terms. As far as I'm concerned, that makes them all somewhat interchangeable.

Sexuality is a spectrum. Where you fit on that spectrum is as unique as you are, as a person. So, go ahead and choose whatever label you prefer, to describe your position on it. Hell...go ahead and make up your own word for yourself, if that feels like the best way to describe yourself. There are no wrong answers.

Your sexual attraction has nothing to do with gender - yours or anyone else’s - but with sex.

Homosexuality is same sex attraction.

Bisexual is attraction to both sexes.

Asexual is attraction to neither sex.

Heterosexual is attraction to the opposite sex.

Everything outside of that is really just people trying to give themselves a label to stand out.