If you are not gay or heterosexual or bisexual what else can you be?
There are many sexual orientations. Here is a list of
orientations provided by another contributor:
A
Abrosexual - An individual that has a fluid and/or rapidly
changing sexuality that fluctuates between different
sexualities.
Aceflux - How asexual you feel tends to flux in and out in
intensity. Some days you may feel apathetic toward sex, then others
you might feel entirely sex-repulsed, and some days you like
sex.
Aegosexual - Autchorissexuality (also known as Aegosexuality) is
a sub-section of asexuality. It refers to asexual people who still
have a sex drive (and may still, despite their lack of sexual
attraction, enjoy consuming sexually explicit content and/or
masturbation and/or sexual fantasies).
Akoisexual - Experiencing sexual attraction but having the
feelings fade after the feelings are reciprocated. Akoisexual can
also be further defined as not caring if the feelings of sexual
attraction are reciprocated or not.
Aliquasexual - Someone who does not normally experience
sexual/romantic attraction but does on occasion or under specific
circumstances. It falls under the gray-a umbrella, and refers to a
specific experience, like Demisexual and Lithsexual.
Allosexual - Allosexual is a term used most commonly in the
asexual community to refer to someone who is not asexual. Someone
who is Allosexual is someone who experiences sexual attraction.
Antisexual - An asexual that is not interested in sex/sexual
attraction at all. Has no desire to be in any type of sexual
relationship whatsoever.
Apothisexual - Someone who identifies as asexual and is sex
repulsed.
Apressexual - Only experiencing attraction after another form of
attraction is felt. The attraction originally felt may or may not
fade away over time, the new attraction replacing it.
Asexual - Asexuality (or nonsexuality) is the lack of sexual
attraction to anyone, or low or absent interest in sexual activity.
It may be considered the lack of a sexual orientation.
Autosexual - Autosexual is a term that describes a person that
is sexually attracted to themself. Masturbation does not
automatically make a person autosexual, just as having sex doesn't
make a person sexual.
B
Biflux - Bisexuals/Biromantics that feel that their attraction
fluctuates between genders.
Bisexual - Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction
or sexual behavior toward both males and females.
Boreasexual - An orientation that seems to revolve around one
person in particular, or an exception to one's orientation, ie,
someone who identifies as homosexual/homoromantic feeling
attraction to someone of a different gender. In that case, it would
be borearomantic/sexual towards someone.
C
Ceasesexual - Ceaseromantic/sexual is when one briefly switches
from Alloromantic/Allosexual to Ace/Aro, although they are more
often Allo than not.
Cupiaflux - Desiring and/or liking the idea of a relationship
(sexual or romantic) but level of attraction/desire for the
relationship fluctuating.
Cupiosexual - An extension of the asexual spectrum in which one
desires a sexual relationship, but feels no sexual attraction
towards anyone.
D
Demisexual - Demisexuality is a sexual orientation in which
someone feels sexual attraction only to people with whom they have
an emotional bond. Demisexuals are characterized by a lack of
sexual attraction toward any person unless they become deeply
emotionally or romantically connected with a specific person or
persons. The level of connection it takes for sexual desire to form
is dependent on how close the relationship is rather than initial
attraction. It is an orientation that is not chosen. Demisexuality
does not refer to the active restraint or repression of sexual
desires or actions.
F
Fictosexual - Fictosexuality is the sexual attraction towards
fictional characters.
Finsexual - Fin(sexual, romantic, etc.) stands for Feminine In
Nature, which references feminine nonbinary people and feminine
peeps who ID male, and is attraction to people that are feminine
(by their own definition).
Fixesexual - A sexual orientation where the person is rarely
attracted to anyone sexually, but when they are attracted they
become obsessed with that person.
Fraysexual - Someone who is only sexually/romantically attracted
to someone that they are less familiar with, and lose interest when
they get to know the person.
G
Gay - Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person
or the trait of being homosexual. In modern English, gay has come
to be used as an adjective, and as a noun, referring to the people,
especially to gay males, and the practices and cultures associated
with homosexuality. By the end of the 20th century, the word gay
was recommended by major LGBT groups and style guides to describe
people attracted to members of the same sex.
Gray-Asexual - Gray asexuality, or gray-sexuality (sometimes
spelled grey), is the concept and community of individuals falling
under the "ace umbrella," or in the spectrum between identifying as
asexual and engaging in sexual activity. Due to the wide range of
this spectrum, gray asexuality encompasses a variety of individuals
under the "ace umbrella." Individuals who identify with gray
asexuality are referred to as being gray-A, a grace or a gray ace.
Within this spectrum includes terms such as "hyposexual",
"demisexual", "semisexual", "low sexual intensity", "asexual-ish"
and "sexual-ish". Those who identify as gray-A tend to lean toward
the more asexual side of the aforementioned spectrum.
H
Heteroflexible - Heteroflexibility is a form of a sexual
orientation or situational sexual behavior characterized by minimal
homosexual activity in an otherwise primarily heterosexual sexual
orientation that is considered to distinguish it from bisexuality.
It has been characterized as "mostly straight". A person who
identifies as a heterosexual, but is not afraid to explore
curiosity towards the same sex. A primarily straight individual
who, in certain situations can find persons of the same sex
appealing.
Homoflexible - Being mostly attracted (both emotionally and
physically) to the same sex, but can, on occasion be attracted to
the opposite sex. This is different from Bisexuality because you
are attracted to both sexes equally in bisexuality, but if you are
homoflexible, you are drawn more to the same sex. Describes someone
attracted primarily to members of the same sex (homosexual), but
occasionally attracted to members of the opposite sex AND/OR able
to derive pleasure from romantic encounters with members of the
opposite sex.
I
Iamvanosexual - Feeling no desire to do sexual/romantic things
to someone, but wanting to be on the receiving end. Opposite of
Placiosexual.
Iculasexual - Someone who is sexpositive and asexual.
Idemsexual - Experiencing sexual and platonic feelings in the
same way.
Idiosexual - Experiencing sexual and romantic feelings in the
same way.
K
Kalossexual - Desiring a sexual relationship but never feeling
sexual attraction towards anyone.
L
Limnosexual - Sexual attraction only piqued by depictions of
sexual acts (eg drawings or writing), not the acts themselves in
real life.
Lithsexual - People who feel attraction towards people, but with
no desire to have the feelings reciprocated or the desire to act on
it. Also known as Akoisexual.
M
Mansexual - Being exclusively attracted to people who are
male.
Minsexual - Being attracted to people who are masculine.
Minsexual stands for Masculine In Nature, which references
masculine nonbinary people and masculine peeps who ID female, and
is attraction to people that are masculine (by their own
definition).
Multisexual - An umbrella term describing people who are
attracted to more than one gender; the term includes bisexual,
pansexual, and polysexual people and those who are attracted to
more than one gender and identify their sexuality as queer or who
have no label.
N
Ninsexual - Being attracted to people who are nonbinary,
neutral, or null. 'Nin' is for nonbinary, neutral, or null.
Nocismasexual - Attracted to everyone but cis men.
Nomasexual - Nomasexual/romantic is sexual/romantic attraction
to anyone who isn't male. Being attracted to anyone who isn't a
boy.
Novisexual - A sexuality too hard to pin down and describe in
one word.
Novosexual - Sexual/romantic orientation that changes along with
one's gender.
Nowomasexual - Attraction to everyone but females. Being
attracted to anyone who isn't a girl.
Neusexual - Being only sexually/romantically attracted to
individuals who are genderless and/or sexless.
O
Omnisexual - Considered to go hand-in-hand with being Pansexual,
being Omnisexual is a bit different. Pansexuals don't tend to view
gender in the same ways that we do, whereas Omnisexuals view gender
normally, they just don't care. Omnisexuals are attracted equally
to all human beings (men, women, transexuals, etc.) They tend to go
through phases of gender attraction that switch frequently and will
eventually settle down with whoever wins their heart, regardless of
said person's gender.
P
Pansexual - Pansexuals have the capability of attraction to
others regardless of their gender identity or biological sex. A
Pansexual could be open to someone who is male, female,
transgender, intersex, or agendered/genderqueer.
Parasexual - Someone who is asexual and wants to have sex solely
for recreational purposes.
Penultisexual - Attracted to all genders but your own.
Placiosexual - One who feels little to no desire to receive
sexual acts, but expresses interests/desires in preforming them on
someone else.
Platonisexual - You are more likely to be sexually attracted to
friends than romantic partners, OR unable to distinguish the
difference between sexual and platonic feelings, or cannot define
sexual attraction, therefore do not know whether or not they have
experienced it.
Polysexual - Polysexuality is the attraction to multiple genders
or sexes. A polysexual person is one "encompassing or characterized
by many different kinds of sexuality." The attraction to multiple
genders. Bisexuality and pansexuality are forms of polysexuality.
Polysexuality generally rejects the idea of a gender binary, the
idea that there are only two genders (male and female), rather than
a spectrum of genders.
Pomosexual - Pomosexual (the "pomo" means "postmodern") is a
label used to describe those who do not self-identify as gay,
straight, or bi, because they feel such labels are unnecessary and
outdated. Denying, avoiding or not fitting in any sexual
orientation label, such as heterosexual and homosexual.
Presexual - Pre: A placeholder term for when someone feels that
they have not experienced attraction enough to know their
orientation yet.
Proquasexual - A feminine person who is only attracted to other
feminine people.
Proquusexual - A masculine person who is only attracted to other
masculine people.
Q
Quoisexual - Quoisexual is a sexual orientation where one
experiences something between romantic and sexual attraction (or
platonic and sexual), cannot differentiate between types of
attraction, or does not know what sexual attraction feels like and
therefore does not know if they experience it.
R
Recipsexual - Experiencing sexual attraction only after
realizing someone is sexually attracted to you.
Requiessexual - Limited or no sexual
attraction/interest/activity due to some form of emotional
exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion may be the result of previous
sexual endeavors and past experiences dealing with sexuality, or
from something else just as emotionally draining.
S
Secundsexual - Sexually attracted to people, but not attracted
to people's genitalia. Alternate definition: Sexually attracted to
secondary sex characteristics, but not primary sex
characteristics.
Sentisexual - 'Senti': means your orientation is fluid when
sensory overload happens.
Speciosexual - To be attracted to individual traits regardless
of gender.
T
Thymsexual - When one's attraction varies based on one's
emotional state.
Triflux - Feeling as if your attraction fluctuates between no
certain genders.
Trisexual - An extension of "bisexual". Where bisexuals would be
attracted to two genders (male and female), "trisexual" implies an
attraction to a third gender (i.e. transpeople,
non-gender-identified people, etc.).
V
Vapubsexual - Someone who is asexual and genitalia repulsed.
Vexsexual - 'Vex': When one's orientation is a-spectrum, but
pinpointing it beyond that is impossible because the individual
does not understand the concept of sexual/romantic attraction.
Volitsexual - To be attracted, but not to anyone in
particular.
W
Womasexual - A nonbinary person exclusively attracted to
females. Synonymous with gynesexual.
