What is Sexuality?
Your sexuality, or sexual orientation, is basically a way to describe the feelings you have for someone you fancy or are attracted to. The most common definitions are as follows:
- Heterosexual/Straight: a person physically and emotionally attracted to someone of the opposite sex, so a male attracted to a female and a female attracted to a male.
- Gay: a male physically and emotionally attracted to another male or a female physically and emotionally attracted to another female (more commonly used in males).
- Lesbian: a female physically and emotionally attracted to another female.
- Homosexual (gay/lesbian): People who are homosexual are attracted to the same sex. Homosexual men are often called gay and homosexual women are often called lesbians but can also be called gay.
- Bisexual/Bi: People who are bisexual are attracted to both males and females.
- Pansexual: People who are attracted to other people regardless of their sex or gender identity.
- Asexual/Ace: People who are asexual or ace don’t feel sexually attracted to anyone and feel no desire to have sex.
