affectional

The term affectional orientation is used as a generalization of sexual orientation.

MetaFilter Projects 2008

"I wish you wouldn't feel so badly, Aileen," he said, with a kind of affectional protest.

The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1908

“I wish you wouldn’t feel so badly, Aileen,” he said, with a kind of affectional protest.

The Titan 2004

Even if the people in question have Same Sex Attraction (Gay sexual/affectional identity)?

Keeping the Riff-Raff Out of Heaven nissa_amas_katoj 2009

Polyamory prides itself on “multiple loves” but we fight and squabble over whether to “count” platonic affectional relationships; monogamy prides itself on fidelity and pretends that the only intimacy that matters is physical.

s-e-x. « Love | Peace | Ohana 2010

We need to tell people that post-Freudian psychology, and more recently neurobiology, uncovered the importance of the relationship between the individual and the environment for the cognitive development of the brain, in order to create a safe affectional base -- which can guarantee the development of both our maturity and our autonomy.

Juliet Linley: 'A Child Is Not a Domestic Appliance': Dr. Giuliana Mieli Talks Parenting Juliet Linley 2011

We need to tell people that post-Freudian psychology, and more recently neurobiology, uncovered the importance of the relationship between the individual and the environment for the cognitive development of the brain, in order to create a safe affectional base -- which can guarantee the development of both our maturity and our autonomy.

Juliet Linley: 'A Child Is Not a Domestic Appliance': Dr. Giuliana Mieli Talks Parenting Juliet Linley 2011

I have sat in amazement at the silence of Hip Hop as young gay men and some women, both black and white, kill themselves in response to being bullied because of their sexual orientation or affectional preference.

Patrick D. Shaffer: Hip Hop: The Invisible Bully Patrick D. Shaffer 2010

I have sat in amazement at the silence of Hip Hop as young gay men and some women, both black and white, kill themselves in response to being bullied because of their sexual orientation or affectional preference.

Patrick D. Shaffer: Hip Hop: The Invisible Bully Patrick D. Shaffer 2010

I have sat in amazement at the silence of Hip Hop as young gay men and some women, both black and white, kill themselves in response to being bullied because of their sexual orientation or affectional preference.

Patrick D. Shaffer: Hip Hop: The Invisible Bully Patrick D. Shaffer 2010