"Sexual orientation is a private matter for girls and their families to address, " said spokeswoman Michelle Tompkins.
Over the past 10 years, there were more than 12, 000 reported hate crimes based on sexual orientation alone.
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Said an amendment to the Colorado constitution that banned sexual orientation as a protected class was unconstitutional.
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California additionally bans discrimination on the basis of income source, medical conditions and "personal characteristics" such as sexual orientation.
Sussex Police monitors crimes targeting race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity but said other groups were also targeted.
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Also being considered is broadening the civil rights statute to include crimes against people based on their disabilities, gender or sexual orientation.
Our correspondent says gays and lesbians in Ghana maintain their relationships underground because of the social stigma associated with their sexual orientation.
"Discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation is not consistent with our values and is unacceptable in the National Football League, " he said.
The move doesn't affect the NHL's policy on discrimination based on sexual orientation, which has been part of its contract with players since 2005.
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Implicit in the ThinkProgress article is the belief that an employer should NOT be able to fire an employee because of his sexual orientation.
"We're dealing with a community which spent a large part of their adult years being a criminal based on their sexual orientation, " he said.
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This includes cyberbullying and bullying based on a student's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.
Comments with references to race, ethnicity or sexual orientation have no place in any debate, and we are deeply embarrassed by such a mistake.
Recent research suggests that one in five LGB people think they have been harassed at work because of their sexual orientation, the government says.
He was also rejected as a candidate for the Bishop of Southwark in 2010, with evidence emerging it was because of his sexual orientation.
But politicians from both parties, as well as President Clinton, would like to see the law extended to cover sexual orientation, gender and disability.
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The family announced this week that it had established the Tyler Clementi Foundation to support victims of bullying and harassment stemming from their sexual orientation.
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Many developers, slowly but surely, are getting the hint that their fanbases are diverse, not just in gender, but in race, age, and sexual orientation.
"Currently, if a person discloses that they are in a civil partnership rather than a marriage, they automatically disclose their sexual orientation, " the government says.
Opposition to same-sex marriage is very different from opposition to the development of the skills and minds young men need, regardless of their sexual orientation.
Still, many experts assert , it's obvious that sexual orientation is not a choice, if only because no one would choose a lifestyle so highly stigmatized.
Finally, there are no reputable scientific studies suggesting that a boy's sexual orientation can be altered by his mother, no matter how much she loves him.
So Peter Robinson and his Junior Minister Jonathan Bell faced enquiries tabled some time back about the executive's sexual orientation strategy, corporation tax and community relations.
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Despite seeing a doctor regularly for diabetes, Kaplan, now 44, said his doctor never offered him an HIV test and made assumptions about his sexual orientation.
For the first time a majority of respondents -- about 56 percent -- said they don't believe a person can change his or her sexual orientation.
One of the main aims of academic recruiters is to secure the best talent pool, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
In Pasadena, Calif. a federal appeals court in May reinstated a lawsuit that could make Roommates.com liable for want ads that mention gender and sexual orientation preferences.
It is an incredible testament to the transcendent power of music that Bernstein, Barber, and Copland's accomplishments were never overshadowed by public speculation regarding their sexual orientation.
Russians perceive people with a non-traditional sexual orientation more negatively than people from any other nationality, religion, social status, and more negatively than people with different values.
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In September, for example, an MIT study nicknamed 'Gaydar' demonstrated that researchers could accurately predict a Facebook user's sexual orientation simply by examining the user's friends list.
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