By Liv Ainsworth, Sexperts
Attraction, behavior, and identity are all separate aspects of ourselves that can be related. People can experience attraction as romantic, sexual, both, or neither.
Additionally, people can experience different kinds of attraction to people of various genders. For some people, their behavior (for example, sexual behavior and experiences) do not match the way they identify. For example, some cisgender men may have sex with other cisgender men but will not identify as gay, bisexual, and/or queer. Behavior can exist without a matching identity.
Below are some examples of how attraction, behavior, and identity can overlap. Which one do you identify with the most?