sexual orientation
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He wrote the court’s four major rulings rejecting discrimination based on sexual orientation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Clayton County, a 2020 Supreme Court decision that established workplace discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Clayton County, which held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects against employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Other research confirms that “male sexual orientation is expressed on a continuum rather than dichotomously,” as one 2020 study put it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
From our much more broadminded twenty-first-century North American viewpoint, it’s important to remember that identifying yourself as male or female doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with your sexual orientation.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
