Question

Describe the difference between one's gender identity and one's sexual identity.

Answer 1

Sexual identity and sexual behavior are closely related to sexual orientation, but they are distinguished, with identity referring to an individual's conception of themselves, behavior referring to actual sexual acts performed by the individual, and sexual orientation referring to romantic or sexual attractions toward.

Gender identity is defined as a personal conception of oneself as male or female (or rarely, both or neither). This concept is intimately related to the concept of gender role, which is defined as the outward manifestations of personality that reflect the gender identity.

Answer 2

Gender identity is your own, internal, personal sense of being a guy or a lady (or as somebody outside of that gender binary). Sexual orientation describes a human enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to a different person (for example: straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual).