1. (All statistics from 2010 US Census or Williams Institute Report)
Defining Identities
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(All statistics from 2010 US Census or Williams Institute Report)

2. Sexuality, Sex, and Gender What’s the Difference?
Sexuality: one’s sexual attraction to another human being
Sex: biological assignment at birth due to genitalia, can be surgically changed
Gender: one’s personal identification with one, some, all, or none of the many gender identities that exist

3. Romantic Attraction
A relationship in which one has strong feelings for another person
Completely spiritual, not physical
Strong emotions brought up by the thought or sight of the other person
No sexual intent
Can coexist with other attractions

4. Emotional Attraction
A relationship involving a strong emotional bond with another person
Desire to be emotionally close with someone
Can happen with friends, family, colleagues, and mentors
Can coexist with other attractions

5. Intellectual Attraction
A relationship in which you are interested in another's’ mind, intellect, knowledge, or skills
Usually felt towards a colleague or mentor
Can coexist with other attractions

6. Aesthetic Attraction
A relationship in which one is attracted to another’s physical appearance in a non-sexual way
Can be the person’s body or clothing style
Has nothing to do with sexual orientation
Can coexist with other attractions

7. Sensual Attraction
A relationship in which one desires to touch or be touched by another person in a non-sexual way
Usually connected to emotional attraction
Can coexist with other attractions

8. Sexual Attraction
A relationship in which one sexually desires another person
Desire to have sexual intercourse/sexual intimacy with
Can coexist with other attractions

9. Intersex
An individual born with any combination of male and female genitalia
1.7% human births are intersex
One in every 1:1500 to 1:2000 births
Even more than this have sex anatomy variations that show up later in life

10. Heterosexual An individual who likes a person of the opposite sex Ex:
Male liking female
Female liking male

11. Homosexual Gay: sexual attraction between two men or two females
Lesbian: sexual attraction between two females
1.1% of women in the US
2.2% of men in the US
Ex:
Male liking male
Female liking Female

12. Bisexual
Sexual attraction to any two sex/gender identities (most common being male and female)
2.2% of women in the US
1.4% of men in the US
Ex:
Female liking females and males
Male liking females and males

13. Polysexual
Sexual attraction to many, but NOT all, or the various combinations of genders and sexes
Estimated 4%-5% of the US population

14. Pansexual
Sexual attraction to a person regardless of gender, sex, or expression

15. Asexual Lack of sexual attraction to a person of any gender or sex
Estimated 1% of US population
Ex:
A male that is emotionally attracted to females and males
A female that in sensually and romantically attracted to females