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What is sexuality?

   Sexuality is diverse and personal to each individual. Some of the terms
   used to describe the different types of sexuality include:
     * sexual orientation – a person’s attraction (emotional, physical and
       psychological) to another person and includes feelings, behaviour
       and identity;
     * heterosexual – a person who is attracted to someone of the opposite
       sex;
     * gay man – a man who is attracted to other men;
     * lesbian woman – a woman who is attracted to other women;
     * bisexual - a person who is attracted to both sexes not necessarily
       in equal proportions and not necessarily at the same time;
     * MSM – men who have sex with men;
     * gender identity – a sense of being male or female, the gender you
       identify with and your gender expression. It is not about who you
       are attracted to which is sexual orientation;
     * transgender –  an umbrella term describing persons whose gender
       identities, expressions or behaviours are not those traditionally
       associated with their birth sex.

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