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A clinical, non-explicit reference to human sexual interests, identities and relationship structures, each defined in neutral language and placed on a 0–100 index of how common it is, from cited evidence. Educational reference, not advice.

Updated 22 Aug 2026

Kinks & fetishes474 Orientations40 Genders40 Relationships15

Power, Roles & Scenarios66 Identity & Transformation64 Acts & Activities62 Sensation & Pain51 Non-Sexual Fetishism44 Clinical Paraphilias43 All 11 categories →

A–Z of kinks A–Z of orientations A–Z of genders A–Z of relationship types Collections Self-assessment

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Reference · Identities

Sexual orientations

40 sexual and romantic orientations, documented the same way as the rest of KINKSpec: plain clinical definitions, verifiable history, cited sources and the 0–100 popularity index, ranked among orientations only, never against the kink catalog. Orientations are identities, not interests, and their prevalence comes from cited survey identification shares rather than estimates.

Prefer a plain list? Every term is also in the A–Z of sexual orientations.

Monosexual orientations3

Attraction directed toward one gender.

58
Heterosexuality
82
Homosexuality
74
Lesbian

Plurisexual (bi+) orientations4

Attraction to more than one gender.

80
Bisexuality
27
Omnisexuality
41
Pansexuality
25
Polysexuality

Asexual spectrum6

Identities defined by absent, rare or conditional sexual attraction.

30
Aroace
50
Asexuality
43
Demisexuality
12
Fraysexuality
26
Graysexuality
11
Lithosexuality

Romantic orientations7

Patterns of romantic (rather than sexual) attraction.

42
Aromanticism
37
Biromanticism
28
Demiromanticism
22
Grayromanticism
31
Heteroromanticism
39
Homoromanticism
23
Panromanticism

Gender-directed terms6

Attraction described by its object's gender, independent of the subject's.

32
Androphilia
17
Androsexuality
20
Ceterosexuality
39
Gynephilia
18
Gynesexuality
16
Skoliosexuality

Flexible identities3

Predominant orientations with occasional attraction outside them.

39
Bicuriosity
46
Heteroflexibility
23
Homoflexibility

Umbrella & community terms7

Broad labels that group orientations rather than name a single one.

40
Achillean
49
Allosexuality
30
Monosexuality
29
Plurisexuality
67
Queer
38
Questioning
50
Sapphic

Other orientation terms4

Documented terms that sit outside the groups above.

22
Abrosexuality
29
Autosexuality
12
Pomosexuality
39
Sapiosexuality

Cross-reference · Gender identities

Orientation is who you're drawn to. Gender is who you are.

40 gender identities (cisgender and transgender, non-binary and fluid, and the cultural genders older than the Western framework), each defined, cited and ranked within its own vertical.

Explore gender identities

Cross-reference · Relationship structures

Orientations are who you are. Structures are how a relationship is arranged.

15 named arrangements (monogamy, polyamory, open relationships, relationship anarchy), each defined, cited and ranked within its own vertical. Polyamory is a structure, not an orientation; this is where that line is drawn.

Explore relationship structures

Cross-reference · The interests catalog

Orientations are who you are. Interests have their own catalog.

474 kinks, fetishes and paraphilias: each defined in the same plain clinical language, cited, and ranked 0–100 by how common it really is.

Browse the catalog Or skim the A–Z index