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Allosexual
This term describes anyone who experiences any sort of sexual attraction. People who identify as Allosexual can be gay, pansexual, lesbian or any other sexual orientation because allosexuality is not connected to gender. Allosexuality opposes asexuality.
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Androsexual
Androsexual is a term that describes people who are attracted to people who present themselves as masculine. This type of orientation has little to do with biology and more to do with the presentation of gender.
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Asexual
Asexual is a term that describes people who do not experience sexual attraction toward other people. People who identify as asexual are often able to feel romantic attraction towards people.
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Autosexual
Autosexual is a term that describes an individual’s sexual attraction to oneself.
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Bi-Curious
Bi-curious is a term that refers to people who are looking to explore bisexuality.
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Bisexual
Bisexuality can often overlap with pansexuality, however; the term describes a person who may be romantically, sexually, or emotionally attracted to more than one gender.
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Closeted
or “in the closet” refers to anyone who exists within the LGBTQIA+ community but does not publicly disclose the truth. Many people who identify as closeted seek to avoid persecution or discrimination based on their sexual identity.
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Demisexual
Similar to asexuality, those who identify as demisexual often feel sexual attraction to people they’ve established a romantic or emotional relationship with.
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Fluid
A person who identifies as fluid experiences a shift in sexual identity over time rather than someone how experiences a singular sexual orientation.
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Gay
The word
gay
is used to describe someone who is sexually or romantically attracted to a member of the same gender.
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Greysexual
People who identify as
greysexual
experience limited sexual attraction, meaning that sexual attraction is rare.
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Gynesexual
This term refers to people who are attracted to individuals with more feminine gender presentations rather than androsexual identifying people who are attracted to more masculine presenting people.
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Heteronormativity
, the ways in which heterosexuality is normalized through myriad practices, so that it becomes naturalized as the only legitimate form of sexuality.
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Heterosexual or Straight
These two terms refer to people who are only romantically, sexually, or emotionally attracted to people of the opposite sex (ie men who are attracted to exclusively women and women who are exclusively attracted to men).
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Heteroflexible or homoflexible
A
heteroflexible
person is mostly heterosexual (someone who is attracted to the same gender) but can occasionally be attracted to the same gender or other genders. Alternatively, a
Homoflexible
person is mostly attracted to people of the same gender, but is sometimes attracted to other genders.
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Homosexual
The term
homosexual
is a slightly outdated term, however; it refers to to anyone who is attracted to people of the same (or similar) gender.
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Lesbian
A
lesbian
is a term that describes a female identifying person who is attracted to other women.
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Pansexual
This term refers to people who are attracted to someone regardless of their gender identity.
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Queer
Queer
is an umbrella term that describes anyone within the LGBTQIA+ community. The dictionary defines the word as something that is “strange”, however; the term has been redefined and reclaimed.
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Questioning
This term refers to someone who is questioning their sexual preference or to describe someone who is curious about exploring their sexuality.
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Sapiosexual
Someone who identifies as
sapiosexual
is attracted to someone based on their intellect rather than the gender or sex of the other person.
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Sexual fluidity
one or more changes in a person’s sexuality or sexual identity.