sexual preference
English
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editsexual preference (countable and uncountable, plural sexual preferences)
- Sexual orientation.
- 1986 December 7, Tommy Griffis, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 14:
- My family has shut me out from their lives because of my sexual preference.
Usage notes
edit- The term sexual orientation is preferred to sexual preference by some, as they see sexual preference as incorrectly suggesting that sexual orientation is a matter of choice.