Heterosexual Male-identifying individual sexually attracted to a female-identifying individual, and vice-versa.
Homosexual Someone attracted to someone of the same gender as themselves.
Bisexual Sexually attracted to two or more genders.
Polysexual Sexually attracted to many genders, but not all.
Pansexual Sexually attracted to all genders. (this and bisexual, and sometimes polysexual, are often considered to be the same thing and different people may simply identify as any one of them due to their own personal reasons)
Heteroflexible Usually sexually attracted to the opposite gender, but rarely sexually attracted to other genders.
Homoflexible Usually sexually attracted to the same gender, but rarely sexually attracted to other genders.
Gynesexual Sexually attracted to females or femininity.
Androsexual Sexually attracted to males or masculinity.
Demisexual Sexually attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.
Gray-sexual/Gray-asexual Someone who rarely experiences sexual attraction.
Asexual Having no /sexual attraction/ to others
Apothisexual Same as asexual, but more specifically disgusted by sex.
Heteroromantic Male-identifying individual romantically attracted to female-identifying individuals, and vice-versa.
Homoromantic Attracted romantically to the same gender.
Biromantic Attracted romantically to two or more genders
Polyromantic Attracted to many genders (but not all)
Panromantic Attracted romantically to all genders
Gyneromantic Attracted romantically to females or femininity
Androromantic Attracted romantically to males or masculinity
Gray-romantic/Gray-aromantic Rarely romantically attracted to anyone.
Demiromantic Romantically attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.
Aromantic Having no /romantic attraction/ to others
Apothiromantic Same as aromantic, but more specifically disgusted by romance.
Polyamorous Someone who is attracted to, and is comfortable with being in a relationship with more than one person at a time.
Akoiromantic/Lithromantic Someone who experiences romantic attraction, but doesn't wish to act upon it or for it to be reciprocated.
Cupioromantic The opposite of lithromantic--someone who desires a romantic relationship, but does not experience romantic attraction.
Quoiromantic Unable to differentiate between romantic and platonic attraction.
Transexual/Transgender (Term depending on generation and location) An individual who identifies as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth to be. Often shortened to trans
Cisgender Someone who identifies as the gender that they were assigned as at birth. (ex. matches their birth certificate) Often shortened to cis
Intersex Someone who has ambiguous genitalia that doesn't fit into our strict dichotomy of uterus or testes. Often forced into surgery to correct their genitals at a very young age, causing psychological and physical harm later in life
Non-binary Outside of the gender binary of male and female. (Can be used as an umbrella term or as its own identity)
Genderqueer Outside of the gender binary. (interchangeable with non-binary)
Agender Someone who experiences a 'lack' of gender.
Bigender Someone who identifies as two genders.
Trigender Someone who identifies as three genders.
Genderfluid A gender that changes, or is 'fluid'.
Demigirl Identifying partially as a woman, but not wholly.
Demiboy/guy Identifying partially as a man, but not wholly.
Androgyne Expressing both male and female traits.
Dmab Designated Male at Birth.
Dfab Designated Female at Birth.
Amab/Afab Same as dmab/dfab, except with 'assigned' instead of 'designated'.
Camab/Cafab Same as previous, except prefixed by 'coercively', to highlight the lack of choice.
Reblog to inform! And if there's any I missed or anything that should be clarified, please message me! Always looking to expand the proper vocab. )
**I edited this post because it used some archaic and incorrect terms/definitions, and needed more terms added to it. -Vivian Mareepe