Sentences with phrase «gender orientation according»

In Arkansas, the state government went as far as passing a law to prevent local governments from passing separate laws to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender orientation according to US News & World Report.

Not exact matches

In 29 states, it «s still not explicitly illegal to discriminate against both employees and prospective hires based on sexual orientation — and 32 states allow workplace discrimination based on gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign, America's largest civil rights organization.

According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, of the top 50 federal contractors, 86 % prohibit sexual orientation - based discrimination, while 61 % have banned discriminatory practices based on gender identity.

Indeed, 89 % of Fortune 500 companies have policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, while 66 % ban discrimination based on gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

«Beginning with my first day at Uber, I have been committed to building a diverse Business Team that would be widely recognized as the best in the technology world: one that is welcoming to people of all genders, sexual orientations, national origins and educational backgrounds,» he wrote, according to Recode, which obtained a copy of his email.

All but five of the cases were brought by women alleging «gender discrimination, discrimination based on sexual orientation, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and / or sexual assault,» according to the records obtained under the state Freedom of Information Law.

While as many as 680 were arrested in the first week of February throughout Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Antonio, and New York City areas by raids conducted by ICE agents, according to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, the legislation seeks to codify language to prevent Westchester County from aiding the federal government in investigations made on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and national origin.

While the authors of the New Atlantis article are not this crude and overtly bigoted in their conclusions, according to geneticist Dean Hamer, emeritus at the National Institutes of Health, «it is a selective and outdated collection of references and arguments aimed at confusing rather than clarifying our understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity.»

The finding is unique, according to Garnett, due to the fact that most states, as well as the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, asks about sexual orientation, but not gender identity.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) migrants who obtained refuge or asylum in the U.S. or Canada on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity report extensive recollections of abuse by parents and caregivers, peers and school personnel, according to a new Rutgers study.

According to Safehorizon.org, dating violence can happen to any person no matter their age, gender, income level, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

According to Dr. Stephen Russell at the University of Arizona, fully 75 % of all incidents that we call «bullying» employ hate speech and bias — racial bias, sexual orientation bias, gender bias, body - type bias and religious bias.

Even within the 18 states with anti-bullying laws aimed at protecting both sexual orientation and gender identity, and within «blue bubbles» like California, both discomfort and neglect are common, according to Vincent Pompei, director of the Youth Well - Being Project at the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ civil rights organization in the U.S. Pompei noted that attendees at a recent training in Southern California couldn't differentiate sexual orientation from gender identity.

According to Indicators of School Crime and Safety, a 1999 survey found that about 13 percent of students ages 12 — 18 at school during the past six months had been called a derogatory word related to their race, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, or sexual orientation.

The law does not differentiate according to gender, sexual orientation or religion (as the Resolution statement might suggest: it is not only women against whom their might be an impact).

According to British Columbia Premier John Horgan, the purpose of re-instating the Commission is to «create a more - inclusive and just society, where we work together to eliminate inequality and prevent discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.»

Their experience of disability and therefore the barriers they face differ because of their disadvantaged social and economic conditions; the additional disadvantages they may experience because of their identification with other groups, for example, ethnic groups; further disadvantages they may experience due to the status they are accorded within these groups, for example, status resulting from age, gender, and sexual orientation; the type and severity of the disabilities they experience; and other disadvantages experienced because of the way that laws are written and implemented.

The disadvantages and marginalization experienced by persons with disabilities, and therefore the barriers to accessing justice they experience, will be heightened depending upon whether they also belong to certain other groups, for example, ethnic groups, and on their status within those groups, for example, status accorded as a result of age, gender, and sexual orientation.

Certain members within these groups may experience further barriers because of their status within these groups, for example, status accorded to them because of gender, age or sexual orientation.

According to the results, statistically significant differences were observed in students» ego orientation between the genders and the classes of the students.

Factors like an applicant's marital status, gender, race, creed, national origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation is not part of the review process, according to the organization's website.