sexual preference

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The data did not identify cases by sexual preference, but in a press conference last month Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, the former director of D.C.

From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2022

Antigua-based attorney Andrew O'Kola, who played an integral role in the case, said the court victory brought efforts to end discrimination on the grounds of sexual preference a step closer.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2022

An Indiana school district urged teachers to join one of 12 “affinity groups” based on race, sexual preference, etc.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2021

“They called it sexual preference rather than … sexual orientation and typically we just wouldn’t address it at all,” Wood told the AP.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2020

Darwin holds that our musical faculties were developed by sexual preference long before the acquisition of speech.

From Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin by Ball, W. P. (William Platt)