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Discrimination against gays, i.e. unfair treatment of gays versus straights.

For example, not hiring someone simply because they were gay, or attacking a gay person for no good reason.

Discriminating against a person or group of people based purely on their sexual orientation (in this case being sexually attracted to persons of the same sex)

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