Pansexual Visibility Day 24 May 2023

Also known as Pan Awareness Day, Pansexual Visibility Day is a time to honour, celebrate and recognise those who identify as pansexual and their experiences.

Pansexuality is often misunderstood or underrepresented, and Pansexual Visibility Day aims to address this by recognising and celebrating the existence of pansexual people.

What does ‘pansexual’ mean?

Pan means all so pansexuality is an attraction to ALL gender identities or attraction REGARDLESS of gender identity. In contrast, bisexuality is the attracted to multiple gender identities.

There may be individuals who align with the way pansexuality is defined yet identify with the term ‘bisexuality’, and that’s completely valid. Others may use pansexual and bisexual interchangeably. Our identities are personal and specific to each and every one of us – that’s what makes us all unique!

You might also hear of panromantic people. This refers to people who are romantically attracted but not necessarily sexually attracted, to other people regardless of their gender identity or biological sex.

For more information, check out these websites:

LGBT Foundation

Papyrus UK

Heckin' Unicorn

Stonewall

The Council work extremely hard to ensure that we offer a safe and enjoyable place for LGBTQ+ people to work and to ensure that the Vale of Glamorgan area is a positive and nurturing environment therein. If you would like to get involved in this, or if you have any suggestions for how to make things better, please contact GLAM, our LGBTQ+ Staff Network.

If you are concerned about discrimination or harassment, or want more information about how to report it, please refer to the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s grievance policy.