"Sexual orientation" describes a person's attraction (physical, emotional, spiritual, or sexual) to other people of one or more specific genders. The most common sexual orientationsamong transgender and non-transgender people alikeare heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, and asexual (i.e., not sexually attracted to others). However, just as with gender identity, there are countless individual identities for sexual orientation. Although gender identity and sexual orientation are often conflated and confused, it is important to remember that sexual orientation is distinct from gender identity.