Big Bang Theory's Sheldon: Straight, Gay, or Other?

He's asexual. It's not a syndrome, or a defect of any kind. It means he has no sex drive, but can still make emotional bonds. It is rare, but normal. To anyone who thinks otherwise: Live in your denial/ignorance, it's not my problem.

I think Jim Parsons makes the show. I like the other actors. They're all hilarious. Something about Jim's character just brings out the best in the show. And I don't care if he likes girls, men, cats, dogs, ---------

Why is it that even gay people get this wrong: SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GENDER. It gay isn't a gender. Male is. Female is. THOSE are gender. Gay is an orientation. So is Straight. So is bi. And in Sheldon's case, he's asexual. It's an orientation - NOT A FUCKING GENDER. (It's really time to take the T out of LGBT)

@AB,Exactly, I've thought that the character he plays has auspergers also it would make perfect sense. Having said that I have to add that Jim Parsons is so adorable, that's why I watch the show. If they made him straight it might ruin it for me though, better to keep him a mystery probably.

If a diagnosis is necessary, Sheldon likely has Asperger's Syndrome, without any sexual drive at all, unless sex is one of his chosen topics of focus and then he would be so obsessed with it, that there would be no fun anyway. Now doesn't that take all of the fun out of his delightful character? I love the show and just think of him as Sheldon.

I must admit that I absolutely ADORE that show and think it's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. And, Sheldon is a really cute, adorable nerd. But, I do agree with others here that Sheldon, as a character, is most likely asexual. I just cannot imagine Sheldon having any type of a relationship with anyone or anything, including himself. He's never lonely as he has his quantum physics and his comic books and his other science fiction paraphernalia to occupy him. As to whether the actor is gay/straight/bi or whatever is irrelevant. Although, I wouldn't object to finding out personally...

This is perfect. Sheldon unlabeled. I can't think of any better answer.

What's Jim Parsons' sexual orientation. Is he single, married? Does he have children? You know if he was straight the article would have reported that. Again the message we send to young gay/lesbian kids is that being ga is so dirty and horrible you can't even admit to it and discuss your own family members. Do wonder so many commit suicide.

I thought it was a well established fact that Sheldon is not only asexual but will procreate via cloning after receiving his Nobel Prize on inventing a working trans-warp drive and visiting the lesser Magellan Cloud where he will discover intelligent alien life… just not as intelligent as Sheldon is. Baring that, in a season finally its disclosed that he and his sister are not only former ‘conjoined twins’. Upon disclosure of that fact, Sheldon’s sister becomes pregnant and Sheldon ends up with all the symptoms of pregnancy himself. Sheldon worries himself sick that he has gotten himself pregnant via auto-insemination and thus proving once and for all that he can reproduce asexually. This ends in a season cliff hanger. See? Could be totally true too. Been there, got to experience that. Meh, prenatal vitamins are too huge to swallow and to vile to …oh well. You get the picture.

Having known very well dozens of mathematicians and physicists (and being a physicist myself), I have heard this sentiment echoed many times by good friends who I've asked about their orientation. The funniest one is the mathematicians who say that they see no topological difference between getting a blowjob from a man versus a woman. We actually developed a new "kinsey scale" that I think actually describes people better than a line -- a triangle with gay, straight, and asexual. Basically, if you're asexual, you can't distinguish between gay and straight, so the more asexual you are the close you are in distance on the scale.