Pansexuality may be considered a sexual orientation in its own right or a branch of bisexuality, to indicate an alternative sexual identity. Because pansexual people are open to relationships with people who do not identify as strictly men or women, and pansexuality therefore rejects the gender binary, it is often considered a more inclusive term than "bisexual". The extent to which the term "bisexual" is inclusive when compared with the term "pansexual" is debated within the LGBT community, especially the bisexual community.