Sentences with phrase «verbal harassment by»

The suit says Burks was often subjected to verbal harassment by white officers who made inappropriate comments about a photograph in Burks's cell of his girlfriend, who is white.

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That's not all: «There was pervasive unwelcome verbal conduct by you toward both complainants from early June 2012 until the time they made complaints of sexual harassment in mid-July 2012, including repeated comments about their physical appearance, their bodies, their attire, and their private relationships.»

Reports issued last month by 29 SUNY campuses say there were 238 cases of sexual violence and 145 cases of verbal sexual harassment during the 2013 - 14 academic year.

The stereotype can also be used to pit Asian Americans against other racial minorities, leading to verbal and physical harassment by non-Asian American peers or a distorted portrait of other ethnic groups as lazy or disruptive.

According to a 2015 survey [PDF] by the National Center for Transgender Equality, 77 percent of transgender youth were mistreated at school (ranging from verbal harassment to prohibitions on dressing according to gender identity to physical or sexual assault); according to the Human Rights Campaign, transgender youth are twice as likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol [PDF] as straight, cisgender peers.

Indeed, a study by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network found that LGBTQ + students were significantly less likely to experience verbal or physical harassment or physical abuse in private schools than in public schools.

«Instead, school days are marred by gender - based violence, which includes bullying, verbal and sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and corporal punishment.

With both balance and a sense of urgency, Sadowski's article examines recent research showing the extent to which LGBT students are affected by verbal, physical, and sexual harassment — and the ways school - based programs can help.

Our family has been the subject of malicious verbal abuse and harassment by persons who have heard rumors and have not taken the time to know our values.

Undeterred by threats of violence and verbal harassment from mining officials and the military — and reeling through the loss of a colleague at ALAMIN who was murdered because of his activism — Father Edu went on to broaden the grassroots movement beyond Mindoro.

The edit explains to you why verbal harassment, as a specific kind of oral communication, is covered by the statute.