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nonheterosexual

Definitions

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  • adjective Not heterosexual.
  • noun One who is not a heterosexual.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ heterosexual

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Examples

  • Current research indicates that between 3 and 10 per cent of people identify as nonheterosexual (Frankowski 2004; Ryan and Futterman 1998).

    The Third Edge of the Sword noreply@blogger.com (Feynman and Coulter's Love Ch 2009

  • Le Guin: "... the entrance of a substantial number of women sf writers in the 60s and 70s, along with some unconventional males of the same generation, enlarged the scope of the genre, increased its literary and intellectual sophistication, introduced credible female and nonheterosexual characters, and improved the general quality of the prose -- and won a lot of new and faithful readers."

    SF Tidbits for 1/11/09 2009

  • Le Guin: "... the entrance of a substantial number of women sf writers in the 60s and 70s, along with some unconventional males of the same generation, enlarged the scope of the genre, increased its literary and intellectual sophistication, introduced credible female and nonheterosexual characters, and improved the general quality of the prose -- and won a lot of new and faithful readers."

    January 2009 2009

  • They may be intentionally or unintentionally punishing them for their sexual orientation, she added, or decision makers may be less likely to consider mitigating factors, such as self-defense, for a nonheterosexual adolescent than for a heterosexual peer.

    Gay Students Receive Harsher Punishments In School, Study Finds The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • They may be intentionally or unintentionally punishing them for their sexual orientation, she added, or decision makers may be less likely to consider mitigating factors, such as self-defense, for a nonheterosexual adolescent than for a heterosexual peer.

    Gay Students Receive Harsher Punishments In School, Study Finds The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • In other words, privacy as perceived by the majority Court was defined by its privileging of "family, marriage, or procreation," all construed narrowly to exclude nonheterosexual relationships.

    'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008

  • If you're in an urban area, asking them to imagine all the nonwhite nonChristian nonheterosexual people they know being taken away gives a pretty good sense of "a lot of people."

    Six million what Roger Sutton 2007

  • In summary, heterosexism is discrimination directed against any form of nonheterosexual behavior, identity, relationship, or community as well as the ideological system that supports such action.

    Heterosexism and the African American Community 2007

  • Cultural institutions such as religion, law, media, politics, government, and education promote heterosexism and encourage psychological heterosexism, or individual behaviors and attitudes that encourage, promote, and and act violently or hatefully against persons who are nonheterosexual.

    Heterosexism and the African American Community 2007

  • Cultural institutions such as religion, law, media, politics, government, and education promote heterosexism and encourage psychological heterosexism, or individual behaviors and attitudes that encourage, promote, and and act violently or hatefully against persons who are nonheterosexual.

    Heterosexism and the African American Community 2007

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