Sexualities/Genders (And Other Terms One Should Know)

Heterosexual Male-identifying individual sexually attracted to a female-identifying individual, and vice-versa.

Homosexual Someone attracted to someone of the same gender as themselves.

Bisexual Sexually attracted to two or more genders.

Polysexual Sexually attracted to many genders, but not all.

Pansexual Sexually attracted to all genders. (this and bisexual, and sometimes polysexual, are often considered to be the same thing and different people may simply identify as any one of them due to their own personal reasons)

Demisexual Sexually attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.

Asexual Having no /sexual attraction/ to others; having no desire to have sex.

Heteroromantic Male-identifying individual romantically attracted to female-identifying individuals, and vice-versa.

Homoromantic Attracted romantically to the same gender.

Biromantic Attracted romantically to two or more genders

Polyromantic Attracted to many genders (but not all)

Panromantic Attracted romantically to all genders

Demiromantic Romantically attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.

Aromantic Having no /romantic attraction/ to others; having no desire to be in a romantic relationship.

Polyamorous Someone who is attracted to, and is comfortable with being in a relationship with more than one person at a time.

Transexual/Transgender (Term depending on generation and location) An individual who identifies as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth to be. Often shortened to trans

Cisgender Someone who identifies as the gender that they were assigned as at birth. (ex. matches their birth certificate) Often shortened to cis

Intersex Someone who has ambiguous genitalia that doesn't fit into our strict dichotomy of uterus or testes. Often forced into surgery to correct their genitals at a very young age, causing psychological and physical harm later in life

Nonbinary Outside of the gender binary of male and female. (Can be used as an umbrella term or as its own identity)

Genderqueer Outside of the gender binary. (**This is not an umbrella term like the post said before I edited it! Do not use this as an umbrella term for nonbinary individuals, simply use 'nonbinary'. Queer is considered a slur and not everyone likes to be associated with the word)

Agender Someone who feels gender neutral, or someone who experiences a 'lack' of gender.

Bigender Someone who identifies as two separate genders.

Trigender Someone who identifies as three separate genders.

Genderfluid A gender that changes, or is 'fluid'.

Demigirl Identifying partially as a woman, but not wholly.

Demiboy/guy Identifying partially as a man, but not wholly.

Dmab Designated Male at Birth.

Dfab Designated Female at Birth.

Amab/Afab Same as dmab/dmab, except with 'assigned' instead of 'designated'.

Camab/Cafab Same as previous, except prefixed by 'coercively', to highlight the lack of choice.

Reblog to inform! And if there's any I missed or anything that should be clarified, please message me! Always looking to expand the proper vocab. )

**I edited this post because it used some archaic and incorrect terms/definitions, and needed more terms added to it. -Vivian Mareepe