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''' | A '''sexual orientation''' is an enduring personal quality that inclines people to feel sexual attraction to certain kinds of people.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation</ref> Sometimes sexual orientation is also used to include romantic orientation, the tendency to feel romantic attraction to certain kinds of people. Words for orientations involving [[nonbinary]] people are, at this time in history, not satisfactorily developed or agreed upon. | ||
Orientations tend to be named and categorized in a way that involves one's own gender identity. For example, "lesbian" indicates not only that one is attracted to women, but also that one identifies as a woman. Some words for sexual orientations make reference to one's own gender: heterosexuality and homosexuality, gay and lesbian. | Orientations tend to be named and categorized in a way that involves one's own gender identity. For example, "lesbian" indicates not only that one is attracted to women, but also that one identifies as a woman. Some words for sexual orientations make reference to one's own gender: heterosexuality and homosexuality, gay and lesbian. | ||