47 Terms Describing Sexuality (that you didn’t know before)

22 Dec, 2021Blog

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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