sexual identity
Who you desire
Sexual identity is a person's sense of themselves as a sexual being—encompassing sexual orientation, desires, and how one relates to others sexually.
It overlaps with but differs from gender identity: sexual identity concerns who you're attracted to and how you experience desire, while gender identity concerns who you are.
She explored her sexual identity throughout her twenties.
Gender differs from assignment
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- agenderHaving no gender identity
bigender · genderfluid · two-spirit · third gender · intersex · androgynous · FTM · MTF
Attraction only after bonding
- straightNot curved or crooked
- gayAttracted to same sex
- lesbianWoman desiring women
- queerUnusual or non-normative
questioning · polysexual · omnisexual · androsexual · monosexual · allosexual · sapiosexual · aromantic
Sexual and gender minorities
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- activismDirect effort for reform
- equalitySame status for all
allyship · inclusion · intersectionality · queer theory · safe space · chosen family · ballroom · Stonewall
Formal display to viewers
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- dragResistance through fluid
pronouns · visibility · self-expression · affirmation · makeup · hairstyle · performance · masculinity
Gene-bearing nuclear structures
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- gonadsGamete-producing glands
secondary sex characteristics · puberty · hormone therapy · endocrinology · karyotype · reproductive anatomy · dimorphism · virilization
transgender
Gender differs from assignment
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
agender · bigender · genderfluid · two-spirit · third gender · intersex · androgynous · FTM · MTF · gender dysphoria
demisexual
Attraction only after bonding
queer · questioning · polysexual · omnisexual · androsexual · monosexual · allosexual · sapiosexual · aromantic · romantic orientation
LGBTQ+
Sexual and gender minorities
equality · allyship · inclusion · intersectionality · queer theory · safe space · chosen family · ballroom · Stonewall · marriage equality
presentation
Formal display to viewers
drag · pronouns · visibility · self-expression · affirmation · makeup · hairstyle · performance · masculinity · femininity
chromosomes
Gene-bearing nuclear structures
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
gonads · secondary sex characteristics · puberty · hormone therapy · endocrinology · karyotype · reproductive anatomy · dimorphism · virilization · feminization
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- identityself, selfhood, self-expression, self-image, self-concept
- sex edsex education, sex ed, puberty, consent education, contraception
- sexologysexology, Kinsey Report, arousal, libido, erectile dysfunction
- sexualityerotica, sensuality, lust, eroticism, intercourse
- psychosexualitylibido, heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, eroticism
sexual identitygender identity
Inner sense of self-classification
racial identity · cultural identity · religious identity · national identity · ethnic identity
identity, sexual, pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, sexually, heterosexual