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Heteroromantic Bisexuality

Heteroromantic Bisexuality --a subset of bisexuality-- is the romantic attraction toward people of the opposite gender and/or sex while being sexual attracted to both the male and female sex and/or more than 2 genders.

Definitions

Romantic Orientation, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression

Sexual Orientation identifies who an individual can have the capacity of feeling sexual attraction towards, and is usually based on sex and/or gender.

Romantic Orientation identifies who an individual can have the capacity of feeling romantic attraction towards, and is usually based on sex and/or gender.

Gender Identity is the gender that an individual correlates or identifies with themselves, regardless of whether it matches with their sex or not, but is not always matched with their gender expression.

Gender Expression denotes the external presentation, mannerisms, and behaviors of an individual that falls within certain categories of a culture's preconceived notion of a particular gender and their characteristics or stereotypes but is not necessarily an indication of an individual's gender identity.

Heteroromantic Bisexuality specifies the sexual orientation of an individual to be sexually attracted to both or more genders and/or sexes but further clarifies that their romantic orientation is exclusively inclined to be romantically attracted to the gender or sex that is opposite to their own identified sex or gender, but is independent from an individuals gender expression.

Community

Bisexuality, while controversial to a select few within the community, is generally respected as its own identity, but heteroromanticism being paired with a sexual identity within the LGBTQIA+ group, tends to get either misunderstood or rejected. In one study involving asexual identifying individuals that identified as heteroromantic, they found that these individuals felt somewhat connected to the LGBT community but not so much as to feel that they belong within the group. Individuals that fall under this category tend to be less likely to "come out" about their general identity (like bisexual or gay) as the need to further specify their romantic orientation tends to leave them feeling ostracized by both their LGBTQIA+ community as well as their other peers that results in them finding it to be unnecessary or not worth it to "label" themselves. However, this form of self identification while disclosing/discussing within the permission of the individual by choice can be seen as the genesis of a new form of LGBTQIA+ acceptance and normalization. While this form of non-disclosure self identification is in the form of social risk aversion, it can be interpreted as a new form of interaction on these identities and topics that is based upon normalizing their existence in the form of recognition for an affinity for a type of person, rather than a separate identity entirely, while also understanding that they do not require discussion or exact labeling unless prompted by the individuals who wish to have that discourse in the first place which in turn bolsters their autonomy, identity, and acceptance.

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