So, you thought you knew all three terms for sexuality? Y’know: homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality (and maybe that other one that you can’t remember right now)?
Maybe your counselling diploma discussion paper recommended that you refer to gay men as a “homosexual” 👍🏻 (hint: always ask your client/patient for how they would like to be referred before you use a term!)
Well, here are forty seven terms of sexuality…
- Allosexual.
- Allosexism.
- Androsexual.
- Asexual.
- Aromantic.
- Autosexual.
- Autoromatic.
- Bicurious.
- Bisexual.
- Biromantic.
- Closeted.
- Coming out.
- Cupiosexual.
- Demisexual.
- Demiromantic.
- Fluid.
- Gay.
- Graysexual.
- Grayromantic.
- Gynesexual.
- Heterosexual.
- Homosexual.
- Lesbian.
- LGBTQIA+.
- Libidoist asexual.
- Monosexual.
- Non-libidoist asexual.
- Omnisexual.
- Pansexual.
- Panromantic.
- Polysexual.
- Pomosexual.
- Passing.
- Queer.
- Questioning.
- Romantic attraction.
- Romantic orientation.
- Sapiosexual.
- Sexual attraction.
- Sex-averse.
- Sex-favorable.
- Sex-indifferent.
- Sexual orientation or sexuality.
- Sex-repulsed.
- Skoliosexual.
- Spectrasexual.
- Straight.
You can find more details at: https://www.healthline.com/health/different-types-of-sexuality#takeaway
With thanks to Lizzy the Lezzy (https://www.facebook.com/LizzyTheLezzy/) for the information.
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