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.

This is not an exhaustive list and in recent years terminology has grown and evolved.