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Gillian Anderson, who played Scully in “The X-Files,” has reportedly said she’s pansexual in an interview with Australia’s The Australian. She explained the term herself, saying it means “being attracted to all genders.”
The 5channel thread covering the news filled up with nostalgic comments about Mulder and Scully’s famous catchphrases and the show’s theme song, while others asked “How’s that different from bisexual?” and expressed confusion over the constant stream of new labels — opinions split over the distinction between the terms.
Gillian Anderson, known for playing Scully in “The X-Files,” has said in an interview with Australia’s The Australian that she is pansexual.
Anderson rephrased the term in her own words.
“Pan, as in pansexual. Meaning I’m attracted to all genders.”
Source: eiga.com / Original article here
What people said
Don't need it, throw it all away
Wandering, searching for you, my-sou! (seems to be riffing on/misremembering some old song lyrics)
Yeah, it still plays on variety shows every now and then
Nice one, Mr. Talked-About-Behind-Your-Back (a riff on the old idol group name Ushiroyubi Sasare-gumi, "the group pointed at behind their backs")
The two guys doing ZIGZO aren't that bad though, are they?
Demon Kogure from Seikima II said the same thing on TV once
"Bi" is Japanese for "double" (a pun — 倍/bai)
So it basically means you're into everyone — men, women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans people, all of it
Sounds like Mulder had a rough time with all sorts of stuff too
Bread🍞 pa-bread🍞🥖 ("pan" means "bread" in Japanese — the joke plays off "pansexual")
I'll agree with that half of it, at least (a nod to the famous Hemingway/Se7en line)
True, but even as an older woman she's still gorgeous
Scully: pansexual.
Man, X-Files really was a wild duo
Mulder was addicted to porn videos
That's exactly the kind of wild energy you need to take on all those mysteries
You fight monsters with monsters
Doesn't discriminate — gay, lesbian, whatever, bring it on
Background and key points of this topic
“Pansexual” refers to a sexual orientation described as “being attracted to all genders,” which distinguishes it from “bisexual” (typically understood as attraction to two genders). This distinction hasn’t fully taken hold in Japan yet, and the thread reflected that — comments like “how is that different from bisexual?” and reactions treating the two terms as identical stood out. Gillian Anderson, known for playing Scully in “The X-Files,” made the remarks in an interview with an Australian newspaper, which is the source of this report. One common misconception worth flagging: pansexual doesn’t describe a specific sexual kink or promiscuity — it simply describes an identity in which romantic and sexual attraction isn’t limited by gender. Some comments in the thread mocked the topic of sexual orientation; those have been excluded from this summary.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread ““X-Files” Gillian Anderson says she’s pansexual.”
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