Sexual Orientation: An Introduction

Sexual orientation is about who attracts us. Sexual orientation falls along a spectrum. Some women are attracted only to men, some only to women, some to both, some to neither, and some to people who don’t identify as one gender or the other.

Although people may choose the nearest applicable label, such as lesbian, they may actually have attractions and even relationships that are not in rigid accordance with that label.

Many people confuse sexual orientation with gender identity. Gender … More