From the American Psychological Association:
(Poll is anonymous)
- Lesbian
- Gay
- Heterosexual
- Straight
- Asexual
- Bisexual
- Queer
- Polysexual
- Pansexual
0 voters
Don’t ask me what some of these are. I don’t know.
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The h***sexual word isn’t there because it’s considered offensive.
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Interesting results, I’ve only met one open lesbian here before. She was really nice, we used to swap war stories about SZ.
I don’t understand the need for “pansexual” and “polysexual,” as the definition of “bisexual” has expanded, at least as far as I know, to include all the new genders.
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Thanks agent101g.
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No need to thank me, I’m just up late and bored. This is my socializing pretty much.
You’re right about the word you mentioned, it’s used in a derogatory fashion so much that it’s become toxic.
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I checked Queer because it won’t let me vote for more than one option
I identify as an asexual lesbian. I like girls, but I’m not into sex.
I’ve tried it all the different ways, and it just doesn’t seem to do anything for me.
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I’ll just say that I am very fluid in my orientation and actually I am so fluid I really don’t think about it unless someone brings it up.
I’m happy just to be me.
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Queer used to be offensive back in the 1970’s when I was a teenager.
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Same.
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I know there’s a distinction between bi and pansexual, but I don’t know it off the top of my head.
As far as I’m concerned folks can identify however they want and I’m cool with that
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I like girls just fine but the ones I like rarely like me back, so I don’t have sex that much.
I’ve had gay thoughts but never attached to any actual real life person so it was hard for me to come to grips with what I am, but I just settled on the fact that I’m not purely straight.
If I never got sz I’d still be living the straight life but this disease caused a lot of voices to attack me based on thoughts I had, and triggered a lot of overly obsessive soul searching.
I think the best rule of thumb is to recognize someone’s self-identification and not question it. It’s important for them to be able to express themselves without any judgment.
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That’s a good way to go about it 
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Pansexuals are attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, including intersex, trans and non-binary.
As a gay man I only am attracted to cisgender gay men.
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I have always identified as gay or a gay man. I just looked up cisgender so I’m a cisgender gay man. That was a new one on me.
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What’s the difference between gay and queer?
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I don’t really know. I think it’s what the younger generation prefer to use instead of gay.
I’m 62 and the politically correct word back when I was young was gay (1970’s).
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Ok thanks @anon54988740
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Queer was a slur to hurt gay men originally.
It’s been reclaimed by the community as a positive word. Queer describes sexual and gender identities other than straight and cisgender. As long as you are LGBTQIA+ non-binary you can just say I’m queer to simplify if you don’t want to bother explaining. An umbrella term
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I’m straight, I love beutiful females
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when i joined SZ. Until today I have tried keep my sexuality + and marriage to a man low key. I have been using spouse or partner due to fear and shame. Now I feel like I should just refer to my husband as my husband. (not that i talk about him a lot)
I know this is my problem to get over, and I think I finally got over it.
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