Sam is attracted to men. Is Sam gay or straight? Or can you not answer that question without knowing Sam's gender? The sexual orientation categories we gener

Sam is attracted to men. Is Sam gay or straight? Or can you not answer that question without knowing Sam's gender? The sexual orientation categories we generally use only exist as a pair of the person's own gender and the gender to which they are attracted. Therefore discrimination based on sexual orientation is inherently discrimination based on sex (really gender, but the law typically uses sex) because a change in sex would change their orientation.