User:Ephilei/List of orientations

This is a brainstorming list, not an official categorization. I ignore the differences between orientation and paraphilia on purpose.

General edit

Asexual edit

  • Asexual
  • Antisexual: being opposed to sexuality, or someone for whom this is true. An antisexual person may or may not be asexual.
  • Aromantic: not interested in romantic relationships
  • Autosexual: an asexual with a sex drive; someone who can experience sexual pleasure but considers it a private, solitary activity
  • Hetero-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex (and may be sexual or asexual)
  • Bi-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of many sexes/genders (and may be sexual or asexual)
  • Homo-romantic: someone who is romantically attracted to people of the same sex (and may be sexual or asexual)
  • Hetero-asexual: a shorten form of hetero-romantic asexual
  • Bi-asexual: a shorten form of bi-romantic asexual
  • Homo-asexual: a shorten form of homo-romantic asexual
  • Demisexual: a person who experiences sexual attraction only to one person with whom they are in an intense romantic relationship or a person who only experiences secondary sexual attraction
  • Grey-A: a person in the grey area between sexuality and asexuality
  • Gay-A: another term for homoromantic-asexual
  • Straight-A: another term for heteroromantic-asexual
  • Hyposexual: having a low sex drive
  • Nonlibidoism: not having a sex drive
  • Pan-romantic: Asexual and romantically attracted to others regardless of gender
  • primary sexual attraction: instant sexual attraction, according to Rabger's model
  • primary sexual desire: wanting to engage in sexual activity for the purposes of pleasure, according to Rabger's Model
  • secondary sexual attraction: sexual attraction based on the strength of a relationship, according to Rabger's Model
  • secondary sexual desire: wanting to engage in sexual activity for reasons other than pleasure, according to Rabger's Model
  • sensual: enjoying pleasure brought through the senses, which may or may not be sexual
  • Sexual: a person who is not asexual (i.e. a heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual etc.)
  • Type A: an asexual having a sex drive and no romantic attraction
  • Type B: an asexual experiencing romantic attraction and no sex drive
  • Type C: an asexual experiencing both romantic attraction and sex drive, but not experiencing sexual attraction
  • Type D: an asexual who experiences neither romantic attraction nor sex drive