Alloromantic - A person who identifies as alloromantic experiences romantic attraction toward others.
Allosexual - This is an umbrella term.
A person who identifies as allosexual typically feels sexual attraction toward other people. They may also want to have sex with a partner.
People who identify with this orientation may also identify with another sexuality, such as being gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
Androsexual - People who consider themselves androsexual feel attraction toward men, males, or perceived masculinity, irrespective of whether or not they were assigned male at birth.
Aromantic - A person who identifies as aromantic may not feel any romantic attraction toward anyone. They may not want a relationship beyond friendship.
Those who identify with this orientation may also identify with another orientation.
A person’s romantic attraction can differ from their sexual attraction. For example, a person may not feel romantic attraction toward people but may still be sexually attracted to some individuals.
Autoromantic -Those who are autoromantic experience a romantic attraction toward themselves.
This does not mean that they do not experience romantic attraction toward others as well.
Autosexual - Those who identify as autosexual experience a sexual attraction toward themselves.
Similar to those who are autoromantic, people who are autosexual may also experience sexual attraction toward other people.
Bicurious - People who identify as bicurious are interested in having a sexual or romantic experience with someone of the same gender.
The term indicates that the person experiences some uncertainty as to how they identify romantically or sexually.
Biromantic - People who identify as biromantic feel romantic, but not necessarily sexual, attraction toward more than one gender.
Bisexual - A person who identifies as bisexual can be of any gender.
Bisexuality means that a person feels attraction toward their own gender and other genders or toward anyone regardless of their gender.
The LGBTQIA Resource Center notes that some people may use the terms bisexual and pansexual interchangeably to describe their sexual orientation.
Lesbian - Those who identify as lesbian are usually women who feel sexual and romantic attraction toward other women.
Some nonbinary people — those who do not identify with the traditional binary
sexes of male and female — may also identify as lesbians. This may be because they feel a closer connection to womanhood and are mainly attracted to women
