Sex and Sexuality have been defined in separate ways. Sex is something a person does, while sexuality is something a person is. Sexual orientation is a person's desire for one gender or the other. Sexual orientation or identity plays a big part in human sexuality.
Terms defining sexual identity include:
Gay: 1. A person who has a desire for person of the same sex. 2. A man whose sexual orientation is for men.
Heterosexual: A person who has a desire for persons of the opposite sex. This is also known as "straight".
Homosexual: A person who has a desire for person of the same sex. The terms "gay" and "lesbian" are usually preferable.
Lesbian: A woman whose sexual orientation is to women.
Bisexual: A person who desires persons of both sexes.
Transsexual: One who wishes to be accepted by society as a member of the opposite sex. One who have undergone a sex change.
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