sexual orientation
noun
plural sexual orientations
: a person's sexual identity or self-identification as bisexual, straight, gay, pansexual, etc. : the state of being bisexual, straight, gay, pansexual, etc.
Last summer a proposal submitted to Family Dollar Stores … persuaded the company's board to adopt a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.—William G. Sinkford
Liberace went to extraordinary lengths to hide his sexual orientation from the public.—Entertainment Weekly
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