Are you straight, gay, or bisexual? We tend to think of sexual orientation in rather black-and-white terms. In fact, though, few people are exclusively straight or exclusively gay, and there are a lot of shades in between.

The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid was introduced by a sex researcher and psychiatrist named Dr. Fritz Klein in 1978. Based on the Kinsey Scale, it measures a person's sexual orientation on a continuum between "straight" and "gay", giving a more nuanced assessment of sexual identity.

Where do you fall on the Klein Grid? Take the test below and find out!

The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid is Copyright © 1978 American Institute of Bisexuality and used by kind permission.

  Past
(your entire life, up until a year ago) 		Present
(last 12 months) 		Ideal
(what would you like?)
Sexual Attraction
(to whom are you sexually attracted?)
Sexual Behavior
(with whom have you actually had sex?)
Sexual Fantasies
(about whom are your sexual fantasies?)
Emotional Preference
(who do you feel more drawn to or close to emotionally?)
Social Preference
(which gender do you socialize with?)
Lifestyle Preference
(in which community do you like to spend your time? in which do you feel most comfortable? what is the sexual identity of the people with whom you socialize?)
Self-Identification
(how do you label, identify, or think of yourself?)