Both these terms are unfortunate, because they focus on the sexual aspect of a person in whom, perhaps, sex has only a small role.

There are problems with “straight”, too (are the others “bent”?) and “gay” (but some are morose.)

See the Scientific American article “Equal right to kiss? Why you may be disgusted by gay behavior without knowing it”, at www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=unconscious-disgust-gay-behavior&sc=DD  20090618 (posted 18 June 2009 on www.sciam.com).

(Is all ‘gay behavior’ sexual?)

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