Identity Terms Related to Sexual Attraction
Sexual Attraction is who we are attracted to romantically and sexually.
8/23/20251 min read
Identity Terms Related to Attraction
Asexual or Aromantic: A person who does not experience sexual attraction, or who has little to no interest in sexual activity, or romantic attraction or romantic love.
Bisexual: A person who experiences attraction to both people of their own gender and people of gender different from their own. Often this is assumed just male and female, but not always.
Demisexual: A person who experiences sexual attraction to someone only after having an emotional attraction to them.
Gay: A person who experiences attraction to people of the same gender as themselves. Gay may be used by individuals of a diversity of genders, or may refer specifically to men who are attracted to other men.
Heterosexual: A person who experiences attraction to people of a different gender. Also referred to as “straight”.
Lesbian: A person who identifies as a woman and experiences attraction to people of the same gender.
Pansexual: A person who experiences attraction regardless of gender.
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