Professional literature now uses terms such as attracted to men (androphilic), attracted to women (gynephilic), attracted to both (bisexual) or attracted to neither (asexual) to describe a person's sexual orientation without reference to their gender identity.
Literatur-literatur profesional kini menggunakan istilah seperti tertarik ke pria (androfil), tertarik ke wanita (ginefil), tertarik ke keduanya (biseksual), atau tidak tertarik ke keduanya (aseksual) untuk menjelaskan orientasi seksual seseorang tanpa menyebut identitas gender mereka.