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I prefer to be romantically involved with...

My own gender (homosexual; gay/lesbian)	6%	[ 6 ]
Both/all genders; people regardless of gender (bisexual; pansexual)	13%	[ 13 ]
The opposite gender (heterosexual; straight)	55%	[ 54 ]
No one at all; or I feel romantic attraction only in a non-sexual way (asexual)	10%	[ 10 ]
I don't know yet. (Undecided; Questioning)	0%	[ 0 ]
My gender is non-binary, so none of these options fit.	3%	[ 3 ]
Other/More than one of the above.	12%	[ 12 ]

Total votes : 98

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24 Sep 2011, 7:42 pm

I'm straight, but sexuality has gotten remarkably complicated...

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24 Sep 2011, 8:06 pm

Bisexual, though I am attracted to women more sexually and men more romantically.

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24 Sep 2011, 8:47 pm

Apera wrote:

I'm straight, but sexuality has gotten remarkably complicated...

This

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24 Sep 2011, 11:54 pm

I picked more than one:

I consider myself to be asexual right now, and have been for awhile--but I wasn't always, and I may not be for the rest of my life. *shrug* I don't know or care right now. When I imagine a relationship (and I am not aromantic), it is always a heterosexual relationship.

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25 Sep 2011, 10:41 am

I am physically born a female, feminine stuff like make-up and shopping and taking extra care in my appearence is all boring to me, but that does not make me like a man because all men's stuff bores me aswell. I'm quite a boring person.

But I am attracted to men, in fact my ''special interest'' is actually on certain men who I like.....

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25 Sep 2011, 11:18 am

anneurysm wrote:

Bisexual, though I am attracted to women more sexually and men more romantically.

This is me but I'm rarely attracted to anyone at all so I'm asexual sometimes as well.

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25 Sep 2011, 11:57 am

I flick between "hetreosexual and aromantic" and "asexual and hetreoromantic". Whenever I become interested in someone as a romantic partner, I lose all sexual feelings, but when I'm not interested in an individual, I'll be aroused for long periods and have no desire to "seek out" or be involved in romance.

I'm slightly unsure whether I'd truly qualify as hetreosexual, as whilst I can be physically attracted to women and so forth, the thought of being involved in a sex act disgusts me, as does nudity.

I won't be voting in the poll, but I think "hetreosexual" probably describes me best.

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25 Sep 2011, 2:46 pm

This study's been done already. Most autistics are heterosexual, but asexuality is far more common among autistics than the general population, and bisexuality is also elevated.

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25 Sep 2011, 3:13 pm

Above all else, I'm monogamous. I'm married and our relationshiop has a sexual element. But, if I wasn't with my husband, I couldn't say for sure that I wouldn't enter into a relationship with another woman.

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25 Sep 2011, 4:33 pm

I am so obsessed with certain men that I'm finding it hard to want a relationship with men who I aren't obsessed with, because the men who I am obsessed with and fancy are on my mind too much, and so I really need to go out with a men who I'm obsessed with.

I don't quite know what that makes me. A fuss pot, I reckon.

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25 Sep 2011, 7:30 pm

Picked "Other"

But I am afraid that if I talk honestly about that you will ban me, or crucify me, or something like that.

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25 Sep 2011, 7:43 pm

Willard wrote:

I would rather have a sexual relationship than a romantic one. :mrgreen:

Romance is a nightmare that seems attractive on the surface, but invariably breaks down into pain and suffering. :skull:

How are you using "romance"?

"Romantic attraction" in asexual parlance primarily means "I am interested in relationships that are otherwise typical relationships, I just would prefer that sex not be a part of it."

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25 Sep 2011, 7:57 pm

I'm female and I'm bisexual/pansexual. I'm attracted to men, women and androgynous men/men who crossdress/drag queens/MtF transsexuals. Oddly enough, I am not very attracted to androgynous women/women who crossdress/drag kings/FtM transsexuals. I think part of that may have to do with the fact that I myself am an androgynous female who has a secret desire to crossdress, so I'm just not attracted to people who are too similar to me in those respects.

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26 Sep 2011, 12:49 am

I like girls

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26 Sep 2011, 2:18 am

I am more interested in Heterosexual Polyamory. I am married but often try to find time to include another in the bedroom. Male or Female. If it's a male I don't really interact sexually with him, but will with a female.

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26 Sep 2011, 9:49 am

Make sure your partner is OK with this, neh? The issue with more than two is that only one has to be dissatisfied to destabilize the whole thing...

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