The desire for a romantic partnership with a person
Romantic attraction and sexual attraction are not the same thing and can exist independently
Romantic orientations are as varied as sexual orientations. They don’t even have to match!
Different orientations include, but are not limited to:
| Hetero- | experiences attraction to the opposite sex |
| Homo- | experiences attraction to the same sex |
| Bi- | experiences attraction to two or more genders, or both sexes |
| Pan- | experiences attraction to all genders |
| Skolio- | experiences attraction to genderqueer or transgender individuals |
| A- | does not experience romantic attraction |
| Demi- | does not experience romantic attraction until a strong emotional connection is formed |
| Grey- | finds themselves somewhere between aromantic and romantic |
| Quoi/WTF- | unable to differentiate between platonic and romantic love |