Free Sexuality Spectrum Test — Explore Your Attraction Patterns
A free 12-question self-exploration tool inspired by Klein's 1985 Sexual Orientation Grid. Reflect on your attraction patterns across multiple axes — your patterns may suggest a Steady, Explorer, Fluid, or Anchored spectrum. Not a diagnosis, not a label.
What is the Sexuality Spectrum Test?
Sexuality has been studied as a multi-axis construct since at least Alfred Kinsey's 1948 work and Fritz Klein's 1985 Sexual Orientation Grid (KSOG). Klein's framework moved past Kinsey's single-line scale by treating attraction as a pattern across several dimensions — past attractions, present attractions, ideal future, emotional vs sexual pull, social preference, lifestyle — each of which can sit at a different place on the scale. People aren't generally a single point; they're a shape.
This Sexuality Spectrum Test is a reflective self-exploration tool inspired by Klein's framework. Twelve scenarios invite you to notice how your own attraction patterns actually behave: how consistent they are, how broad your range is, whether they shift across life chapters, how specific your pulls feel. Your responses suggest one of four spectrum archetypes — Steady, Explorer, Fluid, or Anchored. These describe the SHAPE of your patterns, not the direction.
This is a self-exploration tool, not a clinical assessment, a label, or a final word. Sexuality is personal, fluid, and not defined by a 12-question quiz. The archetype is meant as a conversation starter with yourself — useful for reflecting on patterns you may not have named, not a verdict you have to accept.
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What You'll Discover
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a sexual orientation test?▼
Not in the sense of telling you a label. It is a self-exploration tool that helps you reflect on the SHAPE of your attraction patterns — steady, exploring, fluid, or anchored — without trying to tell you which direction those patterns point in. Direction (who you're drawn to) is yours to know; shape (how your pulls behave across time and axes) is what this quiz reflects back.
Who was Fritz Klein and what is the KSOG?▼
Fritz Klein (1932–2006) was a psychiatrist who published the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid (KSOG) in 1985. The grid treats sexuality as a 21-cell matrix across 7 dimensions (past sexual attractions, present sexual attractions, past sexual behaviour, ideal future, emotional preference, social preference, lifestyle preference) and 3 time periods. Klein's main contribution was treating sexuality as a pattern rather than a single point. This quiz is inspired by that framing but uses a simpler 4-archetype output rather than the full grid.
How long does the quiz take?▼
About 3–4 minutes for 12 questions. You get instant results with your spectrum archetype, what it means, and how your patterns might evolve. No signup, no email, no paywall.
What are the four spectrum archetypes?▼
Steady (your attraction patterns have been consistent across the years and across axes), Explorer (your attractions span a wide range — breadth itself is the pattern), Fluid (your patterns have shifted across life chapters), and Anchored (one specific kind of attraction dominates and others rarely register). These describe SHAPE, not direction; people of any orientation can fall into any of the four shapes.
Can my archetype change over time?▼
Yes. Attraction patterns can stay steady for many people and shift for many others. If you retake the quiz in two years and get a different archetype, that's information about your trajectory, not a contradiction in who you are. Klein himself emphasised that sexuality moves across time for many people.
Why not just use a Kinsey scale?▼
The Kinsey scale (1948) is a one-dimensional 0–6 line from heterosexual to homosexual. Klein's grid (1985) was developed partly to address the Kinsey scale's narrowness — real attraction patterns vary across more than one axis (emotional vs sexual, past vs present, behaviour vs preference). Many people don't fit a single Kinsey point but do fit a clear KSOG shape. This quiz uses the shape language, not the Kinsey single-point language.
Is this a clinical assessment?▼
No. This is a self-exploration tool, not a clinical instrument or a screening test for any condition. Sexuality is not a medical category and there is no clinical assessment of someone's orientation. If you want to talk through your own patterns with a professional, an LGBTQ+-affirming therapist is a good starting point — Pink Therapy (pinktherapy.com, UK), Gaylesta (US), or your country's equivalent association directory.
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