Androsexual & Gynesexual

Androsexual describes attraction to masculinity or men, and gynesexual attraction to femininity or women. Both are worded to describe who someone is drawn to without assuming the gender of the person feeling it.

Etymology

Andro- from Greek andros (man) + sexual; Gyne- from Greek gynē (woman) + sexual.

Conventional orientation labels like "gay," "straight," or "lesbian" are defined relative to both the attracted person's gender and their attraction target. For non-binary people, these labels can be awkward or inaccurate. Androsexual and gynesexual describe only the target of attraction, not its relationship to the attracted person's own gender - making them particularly useful in non-binary contexts.

Common myths

"Androsexual and gynesexual are just complicated ways of saying straight or gay." For binary-gendered people they may overlap with straight/gay, but for non-binary people they are genuinely distinct - describing target without implying anything about the attracted person's own gender.
"These terms are unnecessary." For non-binary people, "gay" and "straight" carry binary gender assumptions that don't apply to their experience. These terms fill a real gap.