IT’S ALL IN THE LABEL

There are many new sexual identity tags online, and experts in India neither know nor recognise them all. Some seem to overlap. A few examples:

Allosexual: Someone who is sexually attracted to others and feels a desire for partnered sexuality

Asexual: A person who feels no sexual attraction or doesn’t have desire for sex Demisexual: Someone who is sexually attracted only to people with whom s/he has formed an emotional attachment Monosexual: Those attracted to people of only one gender

Polysexual: People who are attracted to more than one gender

Pansexual, Omnisexual: Those who have romantic and sexual desire for others irrespective of their genders Androsexual: Those who are attracted to men and masculinity

Gynesexual: Those who are attracted to woman and femininity

Skoliosexual: Also spelt as skolisexual. Attraction to genderqueer, transgender and non-binary people

Autosexual: A person who is aroused by his or her own body and prefers to be intimate with himself/herself Spectrasexual:The attraction to a wide range of sexes and gender identities Androgynosexual: Those attracted to androgynous people

Menosexual: A little-known orientation; a person who is attracted to those who are menstruating

Sapiosexual: Many don’t consider this a sexual orientation; someone sexually attracted to intelligence in others Pomosexual: A person who doesn’t accept or doesn’t fit into any label. Some also consider it an alternative to queer