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Gender: Female (cisgender, literally meaning I identify as the gender assigned to me at birth)

Sexual Orientation: Asexual

Romantic Orientation: Panromantic

PSA

Let me explain to you asexuality, seeing as so many people don't believe that it is real or apart of the LGBT community.

You're at the mall, looking at the cutest, most gorgeous, sexiest clothes imaginable. They would look so good on you. You're practically drooling over them, turning your head as you walk by to stare at the clothing display with them on it.

But do you want to have sex with it?

Hopefully you answered no.

Now, take 'clothing' and replace it with 'person' or 'people', and you have asexuality. Being asexual does not mean you can not find someone attractive, does not mean that you can't stare at attractive people, it just means, in the simplest words, that you have no desire to screw them. Asexuals can be aroused, but usually by masturbation, watching porn, reading erotica, or being stimulated by their partner. Sometimes not even then. Some of us even have sex drives, though I am not part of that!

Asexual is an umbrella term, and the two terms under it are Grey-sexuality and Demi-sexuality. Grey-sexuality is being able to experience sexual attraction, but it is few and far in between, maybe not even once in your whole life rare. Demi-sexuality is being able to feel sexual attraction only after an emotional, stable bond has been formed between two people. This does not mean that if your sibling, cousin, friend, ect, will suddenly want to get into your pants. Everyone has a preference. Even asexuals.

Now, I'll explain romantic orientation.

Romantic orientation is different from sexual orientation because falling in love does not necessarily mean being sexually attracted to the object of your affections. Yes, sexual attraction is most commonly the main factor in falling in love, but sometimes you don't have to be attracted to someone to fall in love with them. You could be heterosexual and homoromantic, meaning you could only be sexually attracted to the opposite sex, but only fall in love with those of the same sex.

I am Panromantic, meaning that despite any gender someone may identify as, I could fall in love with them.

See? Get it?

Here are the most commonly used words added onto 'sexual' and 'romantic' as a means of identify your sexual or romantic orientation;

Bi : the same sex and the opposite sex

A : none at all

Homo : the same sex

Hetero : the opposite sex

Demi : only after an emotional, stable bond has formed

Grey : rarely, if at all

Pan : despite any gender

Poly : not just the opposite sex or same sex, but not despite any gender. (example: being attracted sexually/romantically to those of the opposite gender, same gender, and agender, but not to those who are transgender or genderfluid)

You might have seen the label on my Gender; Cisgender. This is not an insult and should not be used as one. It means that I identify as the gender that was assigned to me at birth by the doctor who helped birth me. Female. Girl. Vagina and boobs.

Other terms for gender identity are;

Transgender: Identifying as the gender opposite of your sex.

Genderfluid: Identifying as the genders of both sex, more than one and sometimes neither.

Agender: Identify as neither sex as your gender.

There are probably many more that I missed, and if I did I don't mean to offend by leaving you out. I am still learning, growing and changing in my life and that won't stop till I'm dead.

Thank you.