Sexual Orientation Spectrum: English Vocabulary List

a person who is both cisgender and heterosexual or heteroromantic

"The cishet ally showed support."

"The cishet ally showed support and attended the pride parade wearing a shirt that said free dad hugs."

a person who is cisgender and identifies as queer, such as a cis lesbian, cis gay man, or cis bisexual

"The cisqueer person spoke at the meeting."

"The cisqueer person spoke at the meeting and shared their perspective as someone who is cisgender but queer."

a woman who self-identifies as straight but has bisexual leanings

"The spicy straight person had queer traits."

"The spicy straight person had queer traits but still identified primarily as heterosexual."

describing someone who is asexual but still considered attractive or appealing

"She identifies as asexy."

"She identifies as asexy and does not experience sexual attraction to anyone regardless of their gender."

a person who is both aromantic and asexual

"She identifies as aro-ace now."

"After learning about different orientations, she realized she was aro-ace, meaning she experiences little to no romantic or sexual attraction."

a person who is both aromantic and asexual

"He is ace of spades."

"As an ace of spades, they found fulfillment in platonic relationships and intellectual pursuits."

a person who is asexual but experiences romantic attraction

"She is ace of hearts."

"The ace of hearts sought a deep emotional connection, valuing romance over physical intimacy in their relationships."

a person who is demiromantic and demisexual, feeling attraction only after forming strong emotional bonds

"They are ace of diamonds."

"Being an ace of diamonds, they needed time to build trust before any romantic or sexual feelings could develop."

a person who is greyromantic and greysexual, experiencing limited or occasional romantic and sexual attraction

"He is ace of clubs."

"The ace of clubs sometimes felt romantic attraction, but it was infrequent and not a primary focus in their life."

a non-romantic or platonic crush on someone

"She has a squish on her classmate."

"She has a squish on her classmate and wants to be close friends without any romantic feelings."

a committed, intimate relationship that is neither romantic nor necessarily sexual

"They are in a queerplatonic relationship."

"They are in a queerplatonic relationship and their commitment is similar to a romantic partnership without the romance."

a playful euphemism for bisexual, derived from "ambidextrous"

"She is ambisextrous."

"He jokingly referred to himself as ambisextrous, a playful term for being attracted to more than one gender."

a celebrity who publicly identifies as bisexual

"The character is a bicon."

"The character is a bicon and her bisexuality is an important part of her identity in the show."

a bisexual or fluidly sexual woman

"The sapphine woman loved women and non binary people."

"The sapphine woman loved women and non binary people and rejected the label lesbian for herself."

a heterosexual person, often used to refer to someone who has children

"The gay man joked about breeders."

"The gay man joked about breeders but his heterosexual friends knew he was just teasing."

someone with whom one shares a committed, intimate, non-romantic, and non-sexual relationship

"He is my zucchini."

"While not romantic, he considered his closest confidante his zucchini, sharing everything but a romantic bond."

a bisexual woman, often considered attractive and athletic

"She is a doe."

"Her athletic build and confident demeanor made her a classic doe in the bisexual community."

a bisexual intersex or nonbinary person, or someone with a fluid sexuality beyond traditional labels

"The oblique orientation is not straight."

"The oblique orientation is not straight and falls somewhere outside the traditional categories of gay or straight."

a bisexual person, usually a woman, who joins an existing couple to have sexual relations with both partners

"They found a unicorn."

"The couple was seeking a unicorn to complete their dynamic, hoping for a bisexual woman to join them."