But the acronym is really just the tip of the rainbow iceberg.
What is sexuality?
How many sexualities are there?
These terms serve as a way for people to feel seen and find communities of like-minded people.
List of sexualities:
Allosexual
The termallosexualrefers to anyone who experiences sexual attraction.
This is as opposed to asexuality, described below.
Asexual
Anasexual individualtypically doesn’t experience sexual attraction to any gender.
Autosexual
Have you ever wished there were two of you so you could have sex with yourself?
If you answer yes, then you might be autosexual, aka someone who is sexually attracted to themselves.
Bi-curious
Bi-curious refers to someone who is looking to explore or has already begun exploring bisexuality.
There’s some disagreement about whether this term has roots in biphobia, however.
It can sometimes overlap with pansexuality, which is the attraction to people regardless of gender.
(Here’s more on how to know if you’repansexual vs.
Some closeted people may or may never “come out.”
Demisexual
Demisexual falls on the asexual spectrum.
Fluid
Some people describe themselves as sexually fluid.
Like bi-curiosity, there’s still ongoing debate over whether these terms are rooted in biphobia.
Some women who date women prefer to be called gay or queer.
Pansexual
Someone who identifies aspansexualexperiences attraction to folks regardless of sex or gender identity.
These days,queeris an umbrella term that is sometimes used to describe anyone within the LGBTQ+ community.
Asapiosexual personis someone whose attraction is based on intelligence rather than sex or gender.
Sex-repulsed
Someone who is sex-repulsed is repulsed or disgusted by sex or sexual behavior.
This person falls on the spectrum of asexuality.
This means a skoliosexual will usually find themselves drawn to people who are trans or nonbinary.
The sexuality spectrum.
You might’ve heard the saying “Sexuality is a spectrum” before.
Any individual can fall anywhere on this spectrum.
Any individual can fall anywhere on this spectrum.
“It can often challenge the binary for both orientation, expression, and identity.”
Sexual orientation versus romantic orientation.
“you could have sex without being in a relationship; you could be in a relationship without sex.
And they don’t even need to match.
And vice versa,” Queen explains.
The prefixesa-, bi-, pan-, hetero-,andhomo-can all be attached to either element.
Panromantic, biromantic, and aromantic are examples of other variations of romantic orientation.
The bottom line.
If you were searching for your word, we hope you’ll find yourself one step closer.
