I am Sarah.

I’ve sat down to write this post many times and have found myself unprepared. Unprepared in the sense that I wanted to make sure I acknowledged all the people who have made my path walkable. All of the people who have fought for my rights, fought for me to have this platform and this voice to share who I am at my core.

There is also the negative taste in my mouth as I write this that I shouldn't have to do this because ultimately who am I doing this for and how do I keep this about me educating you and not making it easier for you to place me into a box for your ease. The mere idea of me writing this post is me giving myself, my sexuality a label. I am putting myself in a box for your ease but also somehow mine because I can communicate and post with ease that others will understand what is happening in my life.

I fundamentally understand that the boxes we place people in is a defense mechanism crafted from fear. We as humans, have this innate fear of the unknown. If we can place things in categories then our brains begin to catalogue ways to handle them. But in that sentence we can already begin to understand that people are not “things to handle” and regardless of people who all identify under the same LGBTQIAP+ identity does not mean that they are the same. Outside of that community we still put people in boxes: boxes of heritage, boxes of color, boxes of religion and we automatically make assumptions about them so we can try and predict how they will behave or they will interact.

So despite all of my hesitations, despite my intense fear of being put in a box, I feel lucky to have the ability to take my platform and educate about what it means to identify as pansexual.

So what do you think of me know that you know… what is pansexual? Have you ever met anyone who identifies that way?

There is no definition needed, I am me and I am attracted to all genders. But gender isn’t even what it’s about, it is completely about what is on the inside. It is about my ability to connect with their soul.

So there you go world; place me where you must. But I am me, the me I have always been and this identity does not change my fundamental truths. I hope that you are able to see that and we can continue on this journey together.