sexual orientation

enduring pattern of sexual attraction
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sexual orientation

Summary

sexual orientation is a second-order class[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of second_order_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sexual orientation's instance of is recorded as second-order class[3].
  • sexual orientation is a type of sexuality[4].
  • sexual orientation is a type of personal data[5].
  • sexual orientation is a type of orientation[6].
  • sexual orientation is part of sexual diversity[7].
  • sexual orientation is part of sexual identity[8].
  • sexual orientation's Commons category is recorded as Sexual orientation[9].
  • sexual orientation comprises heterosexuality[10].
  • sexual orientation comprises homosexuality[11].
  • sexual orientation comprises bisexuality[12].
  • sexual orientation comprises asexuality[13].
  • sexual orientation comprises pansexuality[14].
  • sexual orientation comprises skoliosexuality[15].
  • sexual orientation comprises polysexuality[16].
  • sexual orientation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sexual orientation[17].
  • sexual orientation's facet of is recorded as human sexuality[18].
  • sexual orientation's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[19].
  • sexual orientation's topic has template is recorded as Template:Sexual orientation[20].
  • sexual orientation's main Wikidata property is recorded as P91[21].
  • sexual orientation's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84361[22].
  • sexual orientation's different from is recorded as romantic orientation[23].
  • sexual orientation's different from is recorded as sexual identity[24].
  • sexual orientation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki99/LGBT+[25].
  • sexual orientation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].
  • sexual orientation's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/sexual_orientation[27].

Body

Definition and Type

sexual orientation's instance of is recorded as second-order class[3]. Recorded subclass of include sexuality[4], personal data[5], and orientation[6].

Use and Application

Components include heterosexuality[10], homosexuality[11], bisexuality[12], asexuality[13], pansexuality[14], and skoliosexuality[15]. Part of include sexual diversity[7] and sexual identity[8].

Why It Matters

sexual orientation ranks in the top 9% of second_order_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,170 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sexual-orientation
    Subclass of → sexuality, personal data, orientation
    P14541 → ['4V7AE5', '3v9fFp']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 15w ago · Dark devilth · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → sexuality, personal data, orientation
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q592]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008898-sexualni-orientace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008898-sexualni-orientace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → sexual diversity, sexual identity
    Topic's main category → Category:Sexual orientation
    Instance of → second-order class
    Main wikidata property → P91
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537082005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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