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Asexuality

Sexual orientation defined by an absence of sexual desire. Asexuals have little interest in sexual relations. They are more attracted on a sentimental level. Source: Definitions | SOS homophobie

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Bisexuality

Bisexuality refers to an emotional, physical and/or sexual attraction to both women and men. Many bisexual‧les prefer the use of the abbreviation bi‧e. Source: Bi‧e (or bisexual‧le) | SOS homophobie

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Cisgenre

People whose gender (male or female) assigned at birth on the basis of external genitalia (penis/vulva) corresponds to their gender identity. Cisgender people are non-transgender people. Sources : Cisgenre or "Cis" | SOS homophobie What does cisgender mean?

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Heterosexuality

Sexual orientation of people who experience emotional, physical and/or sexual attraction to a person of the opposite sex or gender. Source: Definitions | SOS homophobie

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Homosexuality

Sexual orientation of people who experience emotional, physical and/or sexual attraction to a person of the same sex or gender. Source: Definitions | SOS homophobie

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LGBT+

LGBT+ is an acronym for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, as well as other gender identities and sexual orientations included in the "+", such as queer, asexual, pansexual, intersex and others. Some companies may do so...

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Non-binarity

Non-binarity refers to a gender identity that does not recognize itself exclusively in the categories of masculine or feminine gender, or that does not fall into either of these two genders. This inclusive term covers a variety of gender identities, such as agenre, gender-fluid, bigenre, and others...

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Sexual orientation

Affective and sexual orientation refers to the attraction, desire (sexual or emotional) that we feel for people according to their sex/gender. Attraction to people of the same sex/gender is called homosexuality. In the case of attraction to people of the same s...

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Pansexuality

Pansexuality - and panromanticism - refers to a physical, sexual and/or emotional attraction to people regardless of their gender identity, sex or sexual orientation. It differs from bisexuality in that it completely transcends the notion of gender...

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Sexuality

Sexuality refers to all aspects of the human experience of attraction, desire, behavior and intimate practices. It encompasses not only sexual relations, but also sexual orientation, sexual identities and affectivity. Sexuality is influenced...

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