sexual preference

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“That social hierarchy can be applied to gender, sexual preference, nationality, your ethnicity, your religion, class or race,” DuVernay says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024

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 Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2020

In some few cases varieties tend to keep distinct, by breeding at different seasons, by great difference in size, or by sexual preference.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles