Who do you fancy?

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• Do you mostly or always feel romantic or sexual attraction toward people of the same or a similar gender as your own? Many people who feel this way describe themselves as lesbian, gay, or homosexual.
• Do you sometimes feel romantic or sexual attraction toward people of different genders, including those who may or may not align with your own? Many people who feel this way describe themselves as bisexual or attracted to multiple genders.
• Do you mostly or always feel romantic or sexual attraction toward people of a different gender than your own? People who feel this way often describe themselves as straight or heterosexual.

Some people do not experience sexual attraction toward anyone, regardless of gender. They may describe themselves as asexual.

What if you don’t know?

Do you have doubts about your sexual preference, and are you unable to decide? Let it go! These are simply labels. Labels are useful as a quick way of placing someone. But to be honest; you can’t stick a label on everyone.

Some people don’t feel comfortable being labelled lesbian, gay, bisexual or straight. There are also young people who use other words like pansexual, queer or bi-curious. Learn more about these terms below.

• If you’re attracted to people of more than one gender, or all genders, you may be pansexual. 

• Queer is an umbrella term used to describe people who are not heterosexual and/or cisgender (cisgender means you don’t question your assigned gender or sex. You choose to identify with what you were assigned at birth.).

• Being bi-curious means you’re interested in exploring attraction or connections with people of the same gender, even if it’s new for you.

And others don’t call themselves anything at all. It is your choice what label to choose, if any.