Often they are passed over for promotions that go to straight people.

Since the election, he had been passed over for other administration jobs.

Due to this, he was passed over for promotion to Major.

He had been passed over for command too often and would never rise to a higher rank.

He was passed over for the top job a month ago.

He had risen to executive vice president, and left after being passed over for a more senior position.

Turns out, yet again, he's getting passed over for another guy - in this case, a producer.

They have been passed over for jobs, or stopped and questioned by the authorities too many times.

He had to have been passed over for promotion a few times.

Although his work was passed over for quite a while, gradually it began to get both national and international attention.