The Sexuality Wheel

A collection of ideas that people see as important; a set of assumptions about how things are.

The way people are connected and how they act toward one another.

One way people experience or express their sexuality. Sexual activity includes kissing, sexual touching, and sexual intercourse (oral, anal, vaginal).

The way people connect and share information, goals, ideas and create understanding.

Learned behaviors that include customs, attitudes and values that are acceptable to a social group, community, or culture.

How a person thinks about or sees themselves, including their personality, their appearance and their values.

What people have done, gone through, or been exposed to in their life. Personal experiences help form people’s values.

Categories (male, female) to which people are typically assigned at birth based on physical characteristics (e.g. genitals). Some people may be assigned intersex, when their reproductive, sexual or genetic biology doesn’t fit the traditional definitions of male or female.

A person’s emotional, physical and/or sexual attraction to others. It can change and may or may not be the same as a person's sexual behaviors.

How a person presents their gender. This can include appearance, name, pronouns and social behaviour.

A person’s internal sense of identity as woman, man, both, fluid among genders, or no gender, regardless of their sex assigned at birth.

A combination of traits or characteristics that make up a person’s unique character.