To be polyamorous means to have open intimate or romantic relationships with more than one person at a time. People who are polyamorous can be heterosexual, lesbian, gay, or bisexual, and relationships between polyamorous people can include combinations of people of different sexual orientations.

What makes someone want to be polyamorous?

And finally, some people get into polyamory because theyre interested in a romantic relationship without sex. “They find polyamory appealing because they can still have an emotional, romantic relationship—or multiple relationships—but their partners arent also forced to be asexual or celibate.”

What is a polyamorous person?

Polyamorous people have multiple loving, intentional, and intimate relationships at the same time. Polyamory specifically refers to people who have multiple romantic relationships at the same time. It does not mean any type of open relationship that may include more casual sexual partners.