Constructing the Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual System, by Jonathan Ned Katz

This feature explores the human production of the terms and concepts "heterosexual," "homosexual," and "bisexual," which are presented here as evidence of the construction of a historically specific social order or regime. This is the social-historical institution or system that divides people, identities, desires, acts, relationships, and groups into heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual with profound subjective, objective, psychological, social consequences. The chronology includes scholarly works dating to the 1980s, when historians began to develop what is now called "critical heterosexual history," analysis that interrogates the historically specific discourses and institutions that comprise the hetero, homo, bi system. First published on OutHistory in 2014. Last edit: April 15, 2021.

2020, July 18: "Heterosexual Discrimination"

Fired Commentator Sues NBC for Heterosexual Discrimination, Which Is a Thing, Maybe. DIRE STRAI(GH)TS by Blake Montgomery, Reporter, The Daily Beast, July 18, 2020 3:50PM ET

Former NBC Sports hockey commentator Jeremy Roenick has sued his erstwhile employer for wrongful termination on the grounds that the network discriminated against him for being straight. Roenick was fired in December for saying he would like to have a threesome with his wife and fellow NBC sports analyst Kathryn Tappen during a Barstool Sports podcast. He alleges fellow hosts Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski made similarly vulgar remarks during 2018 broadcasts of Olympic figure skating. Roenick also claims that when he asked NBC executive Sam Flood about the comments, Flood responded that Weir “is gay and can say whatever.” The former NHL analyst alleges he was the one who was fired “because of his sex and sexual orientation” and because of his support for Donald Trump in 2017. NBC told The Wrap the company had not yet seen the complaint.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/commentator-jeremy-roenick-sues-nbc-for-wrongful-termination-and-heterosexual-discrimination