Gay and lesbian people have the capacity to form attraction and/or relationships with a person of the same gender.

Bisexual people have the capacity to form attraction and/or relationships to more than one gender.

Within the asexual community, there are many ways for people to identify.

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Commonly used to describe someone who is attracted to people regardless of gender or to all or many genders of people. This term is sometimes specifically used to be inclusive of attraction to individuals across the gender spectrum.

The assumption, of individuals and/or institutions, that everyone is heterosexual and that heterosexuality is superior to all other sexualities. Heteronormativity also leads us to assume that only masculine men and feminine women are straight

A term used to describe people who are in the process of exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity.