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Then during the 1960's, the term pansexual was used in reference to animals with no preference for gender.<ref>[https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/5597/V71N02_065.pdf;jsessionid=0E6F1964F72663DC8362BED15AA32166?sequence=1 The Biology and Psychology of Crowding in Man and Animals. ''The Ohio Journal of Science'', ''71''(2), 68. Ohio State University. Retrieved November 20, 2021, from https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/5597/V71N02_065.pdf;jsessionid=0E6F1964F72663DC8362BED15AA32166?sequence=1]</ref> It is also seen in 1964 the use of pansexual to mean "''gratification from oneself (the autosexual or masturbatory), from one’s own sex, and from those of the other''" within ''The Lesbian in America'' by Donald Webster Cory.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/lesbianinamerica00cory/mode/2up?view=theater The Lesbian in America]</ref>
The usage of pansexual in the way we know it today started within the 1970's, with references of "pansexual attitudes" to mean not wanting to be "fence[d] in" by the typical American ideal of relationships.<ref>[https://www.unz.com/print/Ramparts-1973dec-00021/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=9a0211c24cb280e2d4bedc76afecb70e20324a58-1591669363-0-Aft5ltmC2WP5j2s6Q_x8GAmU1EcDRjfbDDMWflXQIXd75vKHzbXSKQnAQ6zmN7T6ORiS5LXlVjGgQIcr6h4mUIQaY3UwQXwf8tQ48kJZTJXyJMfuX4lNJ9vj7FlnvV193W_wGVFlp_gy9xT7X48QwyI0WaTazcawetyENzbr772ovrZmujxVDVdRcdW-WaQ3w7rbTm3VRFiLKu_gTPHD0KjhiGH8BJWYS6ovedDY7AMZwi9KWnyx1emYgJpgnVo0ndi7Fjsi47WfXBaSQUkUCO7YK9sxdb1M2DSkni4PcQr3wdUCHgoavAtKuXDk1zswuw The Third Sex]</ref> Alice Cooper, who identities as straight, also said in 1974:<blockquote>Well, I actually prefer the concept of '''pan'''sexuality, rather than '''bi'''sexuality. The prefix "'''pan'''" means that you're open to all kinds of sexual experiences, with all kinds of people. It means an end to restrictions, it means you could relate sexually to any human being, it means and end to unreal limits. I like that idea.<ref>[https://archive.md/ARxfu#selection-621.1-633.227 Alice Cooper Interview 1974]</ref></blockquote>A strong focus on the sexual behavior or promiscuity of a person stayed the defining feature of the meaning of pansexual throughout the 1970's and 1980's, with musicians and rock music often being described as "pansexual."<ref>[https://archive.md/VGZ0g/image The Triumph of Vulgarity]</ref><ref>[https://archive.md/fcP85#selection-361.644-361.766 The Androgyny Myth]</ref><ref>[https://archive.md/nGB2g#selection-2343.196-2343.288 Pop Beats]</ref> Similarly, there was the use of pansexual in a 1986 biography on the poet Colette, stating:<blockquote>Colette (1873-1954) possessed pansexual appetites, failing to discriminate between male and female, old and young, just so long as the flesh moved her.<ref>[https://archive.md/J8qtl#selection-479.0-479.151 In Short: Nonfiction; Lust For You Name It]</ref></blockquote>Entering the 1990's, the word pansexuality is defined in different ways such as "one whose sexual interests include people who are gender minorities, i.e. not male or female,"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bisexualityreade00gell/mode/2up?ref=ol&q=pansexual&view=theater Geller, T. (1990). ''Bisexuality : a reader and sourcebook''. Times Change Press.]</ref> and "not gay, not really straight either in its sensibility,"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4jQfAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=pansexual&f=false Esquire launches new men's fashion magazine]</ref> as well as the continuing trend of describing a famous (typically androgynous) figure's appearance as pansexual and a rise in the word being used within the kink/S/M community for "pansexual play,"
[[File:Jp means jumpei coming out day 2021.jpg|thumb|An illustration by Jumpei Ueoka for Coming Out Day 2021, featuring the pansexual flag.]]
Entering the 1990's, the word pansexuality is defined in different ways such as "one whose sexual interests include people who are gender minorities, i.e. not male or female,"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bisexualityreade00gell/mode/2up?ref=ol&q=pansexual&view=theater Geller, T. (1990). ''Bisexuality : a reader and sourcebook''. Times Change Press.]</ref> and "not gay, not really straight either in its sensibility,"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4jQfAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=pansexual&f=false Esquire launches new men's fashion magazine]</ref> as well as the continuing trend of describing a famous (typically androgynous) figure's appearance as pansexual and a rise in the word being used within the kink/S/M community for "pansexual play,"
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