Sexual Orientation
Sexual orientation, categories of sexual interest, heterosexual personals, bisexual personals, gay personals, lesbian personals, transsexual personals.
The term sexual orientation refers to a person's erotic, romantic, or affectional attraction to the other sex, the same sex, or both.
Heterosexuality - sexual orientation toward people of the opposite sex. A person who is attracted to the other sex is called heterosexual, or sometimes straight.
Bisexuality - sexual orientation toward people of either sex. A person who is attracted to both men and women is called bisexual.
Homosexuality - sexual orientation toward people of the same sex. A person attracted to the same sex is called homosexual. The word gay may be used to describe homosexuals and is most often applied to men. Female homosexuals are frequently called lesbians. In recent years, the term gay has been applied to both homosexual men and women.
Transsexual is a person whose sense of self is not consistent with his or her anatomical sex. For example, a person whose sense of self is female but who has male genitals. Transsexuality is not synonymous with homosexuality. Homosexual man's sense of self is male and lesbian woman's sense of self is female.
Transvestism - wearing clothing of the opposite sex.
Sexual Orientation.
