Enum: SexualOrientation

URI: [bican:SexualOrientation](https://identifiers.org/brain-bican/vocab/SexualOrientation) ## Permissible Values | Value | Meaning | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | bisexual | GSSO:001590 | Historically, bisexual referred to attraction to persons of two gender identi... | | homosexual (gay/lesbian) | GSSO:000398 | A person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same gender (o... | | heterosexual | GSSO:001592 | Sexually attracted to a person defined as being of the "opposite" sex (i | | not reported | None | Not provided or available | | other | None | A sexual orientation that is not present in this list | | unknown | None | Not known, observed, recorded; or reported as unknown by the data contributor | | asexual | GSSO:000387 | A person who identifies as asexual | | prefer not to say | None | | | do not know | None | | ## Slots | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | [sex_orientation](sex_orientation.md) | Donor's sexual orientation at death | ## Identifier and Mapping Information ### Schema Source * from schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/donor ## LinkML Source

name: sexual_orientation
from_schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/donor
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  bisexual:
    text: bisexual
    description: Historically, bisexual referred to attraction to persons of two gender
      identities, typically, but not always, defined as male and female. In modern
      use, it is usually used to refer to persons who are sexually and/or romantically
      attracted to persons with a gender or genders like theirs and those with a gender
      or genders unlike theirs. Note that sometimes bisexual may be used as a synonym
      of pansexual.
    meaning: GSSO:001590
  homosexual (gay/lesbian):
    text: homosexual (gay/lesbian)
    description: A person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same
      gender (or sex, depending on precise usage), i.e. being either a male androphile
      or a female gynephile.
    meaning: GSSO:000398
  heterosexual:
    text: heterosexual
    description: Sexually attracted to a person defined as being of the "opposite"
      sex (i.e. male attracted to female or female attracted to male); more broadly,
      attracted to a gender that is not one's own.
    meaning: GSSO:001592
  not reported:
    text: not reported
    description: Not provided or available.
  other:
    text: other
    description: A sexual orientation that is not present in this list.
  unknown:
    text: unknown
    description: Not known, observed, recorded; or reported as unknown by the data
      contributor.
  asexual:
    text: asexual
    description: A person who identifies as asexual.
    meaning: GSSO:000387
  prefer not to say:
    text: prefer not to say
  do not know:
    text: do not know