sexual orientation
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Protected characteristics include age, disability, race, pregnancy, sex and sexual orientation.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
They worked to exclude religious schools anyway by forbidding participants from discriminating based on religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Almost 30 states have curbed or outlawed “therapy” that seeks to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity—that is, to make them stop being gay, bisexual, or transgender.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
She said she does not seek to “cure” clients of same-sex attractions or to “change” their sexual orientation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human.
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