Sexual Orientation


Sexual orientation classifies a person’s sexual identity in relation to the gender they are attracted to. Gender identity is the personal conceptualization of self as male, female, both, or neither.

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What is sexual orientation?

Sexual orientation classifies a person’s sexual identity in relation to the gender they are attracted to. Gender identity is the personal conceptualization of self as male, female, both, or neither.

Sexual and gender identifications can include:

A female identified person attracted to another female identified person.

A male identified person attracted to another male identified person.

A person whose internal gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

An umbrella term for people who identify outside of the heterosexual, cisgender binary system.

A person who is not sexually attracted to anyone or has no sexual orientation.