Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression, Sex Characteristics
Sexual Orientation
A person's inherent and enduring capacity for emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to people of a different gender, the same gender, or more than one gender
Monosexual Identities
Heterosexual
Gay
Lesbian
Heterosexual
Sexual attraction to one gender, the opposite gender
Gay
Sexual attraction to the same gender, can describe both men attracted to other men and women attracted to other women
Lesbian
Sexual attraction to women by women
Multisexual Identities
Bisexual
Polysexual
Omnisexual
Pansexual
Queer
Bisexual
Attraction to two or more genders, often the same gender and other genders
Polysexual
Attraction to three or more genders, many but not all genders
Omnisexual
Attraction to any gender, gender can play a primary role in attraction
Pansexual
Attraction to any gender, gender does not play a primary role in attraction
Queer
A term to describe sexual orientation or gender identity that does not conform to dominant societal norms and does not match conventional labels like gay, lesbian, or bisexual
Ace Spectrum Identities
Asexual
Asexual
Not attracted to people of any gender or experiencing little to no sexual attraction
