"sexual preference" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1986 December 7, Tommy Griffis, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 14:",
          "text": "My family has shut me out from their lives because of my sexual preference.",
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        "Sexual orientation."
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        "Sexual orientation."
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