Expressly stated even.
"An employee could show that the sexual orientation
discrimination he or she experienced was sex discrimination because it involved treatment that
would not have occurred but for the individual’s sex; because it was based on the sex of the
person(s) the individual associates with; and/or because it was premised on the fundamental
sex stereotype, norm, or expectation that individuals should be attracted only to those of the
opposite sex."
"An employee could show that the sexual orientation
discrimination he or she experienced was sex discrimination because it involved treatment that
would not have occurred but for the individual’s sex; because it was based on the sex of the
person(s) the individual associates with; and/or because it was premised on the fundamental
sex stereotype, norm, or expectation that individuals should be attracted only to those of the
opposite sex."