U.K. employers use audits to avoid sexual orientation...

Business Insurance;  August 25, 2003 ;     583 words ......Kingdom need to start preparing for sexual orientation anti-discrimination rules that take...rules. Under the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, which take effect...unfavorable treatment related to sexual orientation. The legal rights group Stonewall...

Emporia State panel: Add sexual orientation

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  January 22, 1999 ;     444 words ......urged this week to include sexual orientation in the school's nondiscrimination...U's educational programming on sexual orientation that was launched by the president's office after sexual orientation was removed from ESU's affirmative...

Scientific understanding of sexual orientation: Implications for science...

The American Biology Teacher;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......consider the scientific basis of sexual orientation and to develop ways to present these...amp; Hamer 1995) make it clear that sexual orientation, like other traits, has a genetic...to understand that the origins of sexual orientation, including homosexuality, are genetically...

Senate challenges N.C. State U. sexual orientation statement

University Wire;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Technician) (U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sexual orientation should be included in the university...the current statement, which has sexual orientation in a separate paragraph, is unclear...and lesbian community. Having the sexual orientation statement in a separate paragraph...

N.C. state lecture explores link between genetics, sexual orientation

University Wire;  April 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......At what age did you choose your sexual orientation?" That is the question Chris Ousley...every semester. He said he thinks sexual orientation is not something someone chooses...that there is a correlation between sexual orientation and genetics. He said homosexuality...

Evidence against a relationship between dermatoglyphic asymmetry and male...

Human Biology;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......dermatoglyphic asymmetry and male sexual orientation in a sample of 66 homosexual and...study about the relationship between sexual orientation and dermatoglyphic characteristics...dermatoglyphic asymmetry and male sexual orientation, and, thus, any hypothesis concerning...

Hearing set for James Madison U. student accused of assaulting 3 women

University Wire;  March 26, 2001 ;     266 words ......judicial hearing for the James Madison University student accused...terms that criticized their sexual orientation. Nicholas said he never...to the female students' sexual orientation. "I did not, by any measure...girls -- much less their sexual orientation," Nicholas ...

Assessment of difference in dimensions of sexual orientation: implications...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......between three distinct dimensions of sexual orientation and substance use in a random sample...compared across three dimensions of sexual orientation: sexual identity, sexual attraction...Results: All three dimensions of sexual orientation were associated with substance use...

U. Washington students ask president for committee on sexual orientation

University Wire;  October 29, 1998 ;     526 words ......presidential advisory committee on sexual orientation. Such a committee, some students...deal with concerns or problems over sexual orientation. "We had channels to pursue, but...with gays and lesbians," James said. Sexual orientation is listed in Executive Order 31...

Schmitt argues for not including "sexual orientation" in school district...

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  November 28, 2006 ;     665 words ......Wind Nov. 28--WATERLOO -- Listing sexual orientation in Waterloo Community Schools' harassment...gay or a nerd, so a list including sexual orientation in district policies is unnecessary...Iowa school districts now include sexual orientation in their policies and only one other...

Sexual orientation is added to UNLV policy

University Wire;  March 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ......which prevents discrimination due to sexual orientation has been added to UNLV's non-discrimination...that with the implementation of the sexual orientation clause, "Sexual orientation will be recorded as a protected group...

Molecular investigations into complex behavior: Lessons from sexual...

Human Biology;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......molecular genetic investigations into sexual orientation is presented and used as a model...comparisons are to be made. KEY WORDS: SEXUAL ORIENTATION, HOMOSEXUALITY Human sexual orientation is a complex characteristic that...

REP. ANDREWS, HOUSE LABOR COMMITTEE PASS HISTORIC LEGISLATION TO END...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 18, 2007 ;     412 words ......against Americans on the basis of sexual orientation. We have made history by taking steps...ensure that discrimination based on sexual orientation is wrong and will not be tolerated...fire employees based solely on their sexual orientation. The Employment Non-Discrimination...

HOUSE PASSES HISTORIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION TO END EMPLOYMENT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 7, 2007 ;     453 words ......against Americans on the basis of sexual orientation. "This legislation was first introduced...discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation. Thirty states permit employers to...against employees based solely on their sexual orientation, and no federal law ...

The ethics of genetic research on sexual orientation.

The Hastings Center Report;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Research on the origins of sexual orientation has received much public attention...relatively simple links between genes and sexual orientation. Investigation into the causes of...Genetic Research Scientific research on sexual orientation has taken many forms. One early idea...