Affectional orientation ( or romantic orientation ) is used both alternatively and side-by-side with sexual orientation.

Lately, the predominant use of the term " sexual orientation " is considered to reduce a whole category of desires and emotions, as well as power and connection, to sex.

It does however retain its separation from sexual attraction and as such is seen by many as an orientation within an orientation amongst the asexual community.

Aromantics can still have a sexual orientation ( e. g., " aromantic bisexual " or " aromantic heterosexual ").

That month, Clinton implemented a Department of Defense directive known as " Don't Ask, Don't Tell ", which allowed gay men and women to serve in the armed services provided they kept their sexuality a secret, and forbade the military from inquiring about an individual's sexual orientation.

Christian denominations hold a variety of views on the issues of sexual orientation and homosexuality, ranging from outright condemnation to complete acceptance.

The United Church of Canada also allows same-sex marriage, and views sexual orientation as a gift from God.

For example, in 1988 the United Church of Canada, that country's largest Protestant denomination, affirmed that " a ) All persons, regardless of their sexual orientation, who profess Jesus Christ and obedience to Him, are welcome to be or become full member of the Church ; and b ) All members of the Church are eligible to be considered for the Ordered Ministry.

They differentiate among various sexual practices, treating rape, prostitution, or temple sex rituals as immoral and those within committed relationships as positive regardless of sexual orientation.

It is the same with sexual orientation.

Alan Chambers, the president of Exodus, says the term incorrectly implies a complete change in sexual orientation, though the group Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays continues to use the term.

After a vote by the APA trustees in 1973, and confirmed by the wider APA membership in 1974, the diagnosis was replaced with the category of " sexual orientation disturbance ".

Additionally, the diagnosis of ego-dystonic homosexuality replaced the DSM-II category of " sexual orientation disturbance ".

" Sexual orientation disturbance " was also removed and was largely subsumed under " sexual disorder not otherwise specified " which can include " persistent and marked distress about one ’ s sexual orientation.

" The act prohibited any homosexual or bisexual person from disclosing his or her sexual orientation or from speaking about any homosexual relationships, including marriages or other familial attributes, while serving in the United States armed forces.

Policies based on sexual orientation appeared as the United States prepared to enter World War II.

The policy was introduced as a compromise measure in 1993 by President Bill Clinton who campaigned in 1992 on the promise to allow all citizens to serve in the military regardless of sexual orientation.

The Clinton Administration on December 21, 1993, issued Defense Directive 1304. 26, which directed that military applicants were not to be asked about their sexual orientation.

" The " Don't Ask " provision mandated that military or appointed officials will not ask about or require members to reveal their sexual orientation.

These included the provision of clothing, food, and sexual relations to their wives.

Forensic physicians, sometimes referred to as ' forensic medical examiners ' or ' police surgeons ' ( in the UK until recently ), are medical doctors trained in the examination of, and provision of medical treatment to, living victims of assault ( including sexual assault ) and those individuals who find themselves in police custody.

This provision, specifically article 17 ( 1 ), protects private adult consensual sexual activity, thereby nullifying prohibitions on homosexual behaviour, however, the wording of this covenant's marriage right ( Article 23 ) excludes the extrapolation of a same-sex marriage right from this provision.

There is no special provision in the employment law that provides for moral or sexual harassment ; however it is commonly accepted by the jurisprudence, that sexual harassment occurs when the employee is subjected to acts of another person in order to obtain favours of a sexual nature.

SECTION 41 ( 1 ) This state shall not recognize any categorical provision such as " sexual orientation ," " sexual preference ," and similar phrases that include homosexuality, pedophilia, sadism or masochism.

When gaming company The Valar Project, under former Wizards of the Coast brand manager Anthony Valtera, attempted to publish the d20 Book of Erotic Fantasy ( BoEF ), which focused on sexual content, Wizards of the Coast altered the d20 System Trademark License in advance of publication of BoEF by adding a " quality standards " provision that required publishers comply with " community standards of decency.

* introduce the 2007 Sexual Orientation Regulations, protections against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods and services secured through the Equality Act 2006.

Mr Wilshire voted against homosexual couples being allowed to adopt children in 2002, against the Civil Partnership Bill of 2004, which granted a legal relationship for same-sex couples and against Equality Act ( Sexual Orientation ) in 2007, which outlawed discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities, services, education and public functions on the grounds of sexual orientation.

It campaigns for legal provision against discrimination on grounds of religious belief or sexual orientation.

( used as a textbook ), which included premarital sexual relationships, trial marriage and sexual liberation from better provision of contraception.

The provision of children for sexual purposes may also be an object of exchange between adults.

Inadequate provision of basic needs to the children, poor parenting and guidance of children, inadequate information given to the youth on their physiological changes, risks that accompany early sexual

In concluding, the court ruled that to remedy the situation " sexual orientation " must be read into the impugned provision of the Act.

He argued that " reading in " a sexual orientation provision in the Individual Rights Protection Act was not necessarily more " desirable " than simply dismissing the entire IRPA as unconstitutional, since the Alberta legislature had repeatedly indicated they specifically did not wish to include such rights in the document.

A provision in the fiscal 2004 National Defense Authorization Act required investigation and reporting regarding sexual harassment and assault at the United States military academies.

Confidentiality supports the provision of timely and meaningful assistance to victims following a sexual assault.

In 2007, an anti-discrimination law was under preparation by the Ministry of Labour that would prohibit discrimination on different grounds, including sexual orientation, not only in work and employment, but also in social security and social protection, health care, and education, although the provision of and access to goods and services would only be subject to a prohibition of discrimination on grounds of race or ethnic origin.

:# To quality medical treatment and quality social service provision without discrimination of any form including sexual orientation, gender, diagnosis, economic status or race.

A section to create an offence of " gross indecency " between females was added to a bill in the United Kingdom House of Commons and passed there in 1921, but was rejected in the House Of Lords, apparently because they were concerned any attention paid to sexual misconduct would also promote it.

The DSM-III-R ( 1987 ) renamed the broad category to sexual disorders, renamed atypical paraphilia to paraphilia NOS ( not otherwise specified ), finessed transvestism as transvestic fetishism, added frotteurism, and removed zoophilia, relegating it to the NOS category.

The DSM-IV ( 1994 ) retained the sexual disorders classification for paraphlias, but added an even broader category, " sexual and gender identity disorders ", which includes them.

On November 1, 2005, this was done when section 162 was added to the Canadian Criminal Code, declaring voyeurism to be a sexual offense.

Reich added that this emphasis obscures what he believed to be a basic psychological principle: that all worries and difficulties originate from unsatisfied sexual impulses.

An amendment was added in 2006 to prohibit any type of hate crime based on factors such as race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national origin.

To their findings, Lehman added the old Lull-Sternberg lineages combined with maturity and sexual dimorphism, suggesting that the T. horridus-T. prorsus-T. brevicornus lineage was composed of females, the T. calicornis-T. elatus lineage was made up of males, and the T. obtusus-T. hatcheri lineage was of pathologic old males.

Duchamp added an inscription, which when read out loud in French sounds like " Elle a chaud au cul " literally translated: " she has a hot ass ", implying the woman in the painting is in a state of sexual excitement and intended as a Freudian joke ..

These comedians added an element of social satire and expanded both the language and boundaries of stand-up venturing into politics, race relations, and sexual humor.

These amendments would have specifically required the Charter to be interpreted in a manner respectful of Quebec's distinct society, and would have added further statements to the Constitution Act, 1867 regarding racial and sexual equality and collective rights, and about minority language communities.

The Stoics adopted the views of the Cynics and added them to their own theories of human nature, thus putting their sexual egalitarianism on a strong philosophical basis.

It is commonly believed that these piercings, and all genital piercings, provide added sexual stimulation to the genitals.

In 2005, China added new provisions to the Law on Women's Right Protection to include sexual harassment.

It features two cuts of the film, the 156-minute print and a new edit created from an alternate pre-release version which re-arranges some scenes and does not include most of the explicit sexual inserts added by Guccione ( a few shots were left in by mistake and various outtakes from Brass ' shoot and a handful of 16 mm behind-the-scenes footage were used to fill in for the deleted material ).

The trial went ahead without him and on January 22, after two days of deliberations, the jury found Luster guilty on 86 of 87 charges against him ( many of which had been added to California state law in the wake of the 1996 federal drug-induced sexual assault law ) and deadlocked on a single poisoning charge.

The response added that " Those Reports contain no evidence to suggest that the Holy See meddled in the internal affairs of the Irish State or, for that matter, was involved in the day-to-day management of Irish dioceses or religious congregations with respect to sexual abuse issues ".

To the book, Curll added a sexual frontispiece and advertised other " medical " books.

The later book devotes little space to Fisher's singing career, but recycled the material of his first book and added many new sexual details that were too strong to publish before.

Hardline has always been highly syncretic ( over time absorbing influences from Islam and a host of other schools of thought ), and initially attempted to give its obviously Biblical / Islamic sexual morals added credibility by claiming a Taoist foundation for them.

In 2010, Mexico Legislators added a law similar to that of the UK called the Anti Trafficking in Persons Act ( rough translation ) which makes it a crime to offer the sexual services of another person against their will.

The censored version contains far more endings and new added scenes due to the absence of sexual scenes.

* 1 – The legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario defeats an amendment which would have added " sexual orientation " to the human rights code.

Drugs used to facilitate sexual assault may have sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, and / or amnesiac effects, and can be added to a food or drink without the victim's knowledge.