Identity

The Fourteen A’s of Identity, Expression and Attraction

  • Assignment – birth sex
  • Attribution – raised infant gender
  • Actualisation – identity, gender or otherwise
  • Appearance – expression
  • Affinity – social/identity sense of belonging
  • Allegiance – social/identity act of allying
  • Appellation – label, if any
  • Attraction – orientation
  • Appetite – ranging from fantasy to desire, or lack thereof
  • Approach – romance, seduction, aromantic, casual etc
  • Activity – sexual or other behaviour
  • Augmentation – accessories, alternative, cos/roleplay, kink, fetish
  • Adherence – persistent or one-off, monogamous or poly
  • Agreement – social relationship contract, if any, eg monogamy, polyamory