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- (1) any covered entity to grant preferential treatment to any individual or to any group because of the actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such individual or group on account of an imbalance which may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of any actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity employed by any employer, referred or classified for employment by any employment agency or labor organization, admitted to membership or classified by any labor organization, or admitted to, or employed in, any apprenticeship or other training program, in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons of such actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in any community, State, section, or other area, or in the available work force in any community, State, section, or other area; or
- (2) the adoption or implementation by a covered entity of a quota on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
(g) No Disparate Impact Claims.—Only disparate treatment claims may be brought under this Act.
(h) Standards of Proof.—Except as otherwise provided, an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that sexual ori-
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