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"What are the types of sexualities? Abrosexual

An abrosexual person is someone with fluid sexuality, whose sexuality and preferences may change throughout their lives. Different levels of sexual (and romantic) feelings through time are very common—and sometimes people identify their sexuality as "fluid"—but the distinction for an abrosexual person is that these periods of change can happen quickly and with different intensities. It can also look like changing one's actual sexual orientation.

There's no limitation or norm regarding an abrosexual person's orientation, but it often shifts between two to three sexualities in regular or random cycles, Katherin Winnick, a sex coach at LetsTalkSex.net, has told Cosmo.

Allosexual

Allosexual simply means a person who experiences any kind of sexual attraction—so it covers sexualities on this list that don't fall under asexuality. The asexual community has called attention to the privilege inherent in this identity since it's considered the "norm" sexuality.

Androsexual

There are a few definitions of androsexuality, but the most common is "a person who is attracted to individuals on the masculine side of the gender spectrum," Dr. Jay Irwin, associate professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, has told Cosmo. "Sometimes this is interpreted as individuals who are attracted to cisgender men (that is, people who were assigned male at birth and also identify as a man), but that binary-based definition is typically too narrow for how individuals who identify as androsexual see their sexuality."

So it may mean, for example, that an androsexual person is attracted to aspects of masculinity regardless of one's sex assigned at birth, including physical appearance, behavior, smell, and so on. A lesser-used definition of androsexual is someone who is attracted to nonbinary people.

Asexual

Asexual can be a catch-all that very broadly means a person who doesn't experience sexual attraction to other people. Although there's a false stereotype to the contrary, asexual people may want friendships, emotional intimacy, and potentially love connections. Note: Asexual is also not the same as celibate, which is the choice not to have sex."

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