It's important to separate out sexual and romantic identities to ensure
people's LGBTQ identities don't get erased. For example, a person who
doesn't experience sexual attraction may still want a romantic
relationship with a person of any gender, and are thus both asexual and
panromantic.
Terms like "womasexual" or "androromantic" are alternative terms for
"lesbian" and "gay". Those terms are often tied to gender identity, i.e.
lesbian means "a woman who is attracted to women". A person who is
agender, non-binary, or genderfluid may not identify as a woman or may
identify as both a man and a woman. The prefixes "woma/gyne" and
"ma/andro" separate sexual attraction from gender identity.
All terms again come from the book "The ABC's of LGBTQ+" by Ashley
Mardell.
It's important to separate out sexual and romantic identities to ensure people's LGBTQ identities don't get erased. For example, a person who doesn't experience sexual attraction may still want a romantic relationship with a person of any gender, and are thus both asexual and panromantic.
Terms like "womasexual" or "androromantic" are alternative terms for "lesbian" and "gay". Those terms are often tied to gender identity, i.e. lesbian means "a woman who is attracted to women". A person who is agender, non-binary, or genderfluid may not identify as a woman or may identify as both a man and a woman. The prefixes "woma/gyne" and "ma/andro" separate sexual attraction from gender identity.
All terms again come from the book "The ABC's of LGBTQ+" by Ashley Mardell.