Polysexual/Polyromantic: Another m-spec identity, polysexual is when someone is attracted to multiple, but not always all, genders.
Pansexual/Panromantic: Usually nicknamed “gender blind”, someone who is pansexual is equally attracted to all genders. Omnisexual/Omniromantic: An m-spec orientation where one is attracted to all genders, but not equally M-Spec: An umbrella term for all orientations which attract to multiple genders. Homosexual and heterosexual fall under this category. Monosexual/Monoromantic: Someone who is only attracted to one gender. Lesbian: A term for a person who identifies as female who is attracted to other people who are female. This label can weakly be included in the a-spec and m-spec categories. Implasexual/Implaromantic: An orientation where one cannot decide on an accurate label due to self-doubt. Gay and lesbian are other terms for this. Homosexual/Homoromantic: An orientation where someone is attracted to people who are of the same gender. This is usually not included in the LGBTQIA+ community on its own. Heterosexual/Heteroromantic: An orientation where someone is attracted to people that are opposite to their own gender. Someone who is greysexual usually feels sexual attraction very weakly. Greysexual/Greyromantic: An orientation where one feels they are a-spec but have an identity that differs from asexual/aromantic. Its core meaning is the same as “homosexual”, though. Gay: Once used to define men who were attracted to other men, this term can now be used by virtually everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community if they choose. This is an a-spec identity, and can also be used alongside other terms (such as bisexual, homosexual, etc.) Bisexual is an m-spec identity.ĭemisexual/Demiromantic: An orientation where one is only attracted to someone once they get to know them better. While the prefix “bi-” means two, the word “bisexual” does not. People who are a-spec feel differently towards sex and/or romance someone who is a-spec could be sex/romance repulsed or averse and someone could be indifferent, ambivalent, or even positive towards it.īisexual/Biromantic: An orientation where someone of any gender is attracted to people of two or more genders, usually with a preference. This is usually just abbreviated to “a-spec”. Listed below are a few things one should know about LGBTQIA+ people and a relatively small list of terms.Ībrosexual/Abroromantic: An orientation where someone’s sexual/romantic orientation is fluid and keeps changing from time to time.Īceflux/Aroflux: An orientation where someone’s sexual/romantic orientation changes, but usually stays on the ace-spectrum/aro-spectrum.Īllosexual/Alloromantic: Someone who feels sexual/romantic attraction.Īsexual/Aromantic: Someone who does not feel sexual/romantic attraction. However, there are many identities this listicle cannot cover due to space.
As many people begin to come out as LGBTQIA+, it’s essential to know a bit of the basic terminology pertaining to the community. The LGBTQIA+ community is a diverse one, and there are many people who identify as different sexualities and orientations. From left to right, row by row: rainbow, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, gay, pansexual, nonbinary, genderfluid, pangender, bigender, asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, polysexual, demiboy, demigirl, intersex, greysexual, greyromantic, omnisexual, agender, abrosexual, aceflux, and aroflux.
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