Some have had sex with trans women, as well as had sex with men; sexual labels do not bind them.
Some self-appointed morality police attach sexual labels to women who engage in casual sex, but no one has moral authority over anyone's sexuality.
Community perceptions and attitudes towards rape, including stigmatization and blaming attitudes, influence how victims of sexual violence label their experiences, impact their mental health [ 32- 34], and restrain adolescents, in particular those who label their experiences as non-consensual sexual experiences, from disclosing them and seeking help [ 39, 71].
The terminology itself is fiercely contested: some find the "disorders of sexual development" label deeply offensive, as it implies a defect rather than a natural state of being.
But the impact of the "sexual assault" label on Mr. Witt is substantial and out of proportion for a case that went uninvestigated and unadjudicated.
Since the people of Lesotho believe sex requires a penis, however, they do not consider their behavior sexual, nor label themselves lesbians.
The character feels a sense of shame for deviating from her sexual identity label and fears being ostracized from her lesbian community.
This quoted statement refers to sexual identity labels (i.e., how individuals describe and interpret their identity) and not to sexual orientation.
Teenagers are by nature prone to rebellion against adult conventions, and as the gender nonconformity movement gains momentum among young people, "it is about rejecting the boxes adults try to put kids in by assuming their sexual identity labels their personal identity," said Dr. Ritch C. Savin-Williams, director of the Cornell University Sex and Gender Lab.
There is an admittedly exhausting amount of sexual orientation labels to choose from in 2014.
