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Romantic orientation

Romantic orientation describes the kinds of people someone is romantically attracted to or wants to enter into a romantic relationship with. This may be based on gender, involve multiple genders, or be independent of gender and depend on specific people instead. The term helps distinguish romantic attraction from sexual attraction, since the two do not always overlap.

Romantic orientation is a personal self-description rather than a fixed category. It can change over time, and for some people it may be difficult to define precisely. What matters is how a person experiences and describes their own romantic feelings.

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