Sexualities

A lesbian is a non-man attracted exclusively to non-men. For example, a nonbinary person can be a lesbian. If someone identifies as a man, partially or fully, they cannot be a lesbian. Furthermore, someone who is attracted to men in any way cannot use this label.

A gay person is a non-woman who is attracted exclusively to non-women. A nonbinary person can identify as gay as long as they do not identify as a woman in any way. Also, if someone is attracted to women, this label does not fit them.

Bisexual means someone who is attracted to two or more genders with or without a preference. Bisexuals can be any gender.

Someone who is biromantic is attracted to two or more genders, but only romantically. Someone who is biromantic may be asexual and that's why they use this label.

Someone who is pansexual is attracted to all genders without a preference.

The same thing applies with panromantic, but they're only attracted to all genders without preference in a romantic way.

An omnisexual person is attracted to all genders with a preference. They may love different genders differently, or prefer one over the other.

The same applies to omniromantic people, but they don't experience sexual attraction to all genders.

Someone who is demisexual experiences no sexual attraction until a strong bond is formed.

The same thing applies to demiromantic people, but with romantic attraction.

Asexuality is when someone experiences little to no sexual attraction. Aromantic is the same thing but with romantic attraction.

Both asexual and aromantic are umbrella terms, that include graysexual/grayromantic and demisexual/

Someone who is polyamorous desires a relationship with more than two people.

This is an umbrella term, that includes ambiamorous, which is someone who has the ability to enjoy both monogamous and polyamorous relationships.

Queer is an umbrella term that some people use to describe their sexual identity.

Queer people may not identify as straight or cisgender, but cannot find a label that fits them, so they go by queer instead.

Queer used to be a slur but has since been reclaimed by the LGBTQIA+ community, which sometimes we may call the queer community. It is still derogatory when cishet people say it.