reasons why people choose to either use “bi” or “pan” as their label

gettin-bi-bi-bi:

some people may prefer “bi” because:

• they learned about bisexuality before they knew about pansexuality
• they
  want to acknowledge that their attraction to different genders can feel
  differently in quantity and/or quality (=they have a preference for one
  gender or feel more romantically attracted to one and more sexually attracted to another gender)
• they are attracted to more than one gender but not all
  genders (i.e. they may “just” be attracted to men and
  non-binary people but not women)
• the term is more well know = (hopefully) less explaining to do when coming out
• it’s easier to find resources and an active offline community under the label “bisexual”
• just because it’s a personal preference

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other people may prefer “pan” because:

• it was invented to challenge the gender binary and rightfully criticised the now outdated “bi means two = attraction to just men and women”-definition of bisexuality
• they may actually want to explain what it means and thus don’t mind that it’s less well known and people may ask more questions about it
• the attraction they feel doesn’t differ from one gender to another (thus the phrasing “attraction regardles of gender”)
• they prefer pan-puns over bi-puns
• whatever, it’s a personal preference.

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Furthermore there are a lot of people who use both labels interchangably.