sexual preference

Example Sentences

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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

“All Human beings should be treated with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, sexual preference or religious beliefs. AMEN.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021

Health Secretary Matt Hancock called this a "positive step" as it recognises individuals for the actions they take "rather than their sexual preference".

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2020

“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

Cupples, Mr., on the numerical proportion of the sexes in dogs, sheep, and cattle; on the Scotch deerhound; on sexual preference in dogs.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles