Glossary Glossary Sexual orientation - A person's emotional, physical, and sexual attraction and the expression of that attraction. Although a subject of debate, sexual orientation is probably one of the many characteristics that people are born with.
Most people become aware of their sexual orientation during adolescence.
Bisexuality - A sexual orientation In which a person feels physically and emotionally attracted to people of both genders. The experience of having a gender identity that is different from one's biological sex. A transgender person may identify with the opposite biological gender and want to be a person of that gender. Sexual minority - A person who may identify as homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, or transvestite. All gay and lesbian youth are members of a sexual minority, but not all sexual minority persons are gay.