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p. Profiling means relying on the prohibited grounds of discrimination
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subjecting a person or group o f persons to investigatory activities, which
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include unnecessary, unjustified, illegal, and degrading searches, questioning
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or other investigatory activities, in determining whether an individual is
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engaged in an activity presumed to be unlawful, immoral, or socially
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unacceptable.
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q. Religious Belief cowers the profession or non-profession o f religion or belief of
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one's choice that may be publicly or privately manifested in worship,
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observance, practice andteaching.
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Sexual Orientation refers to each person's capacity for profound emotional,
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affectional and sexual attraction to, and intimate relations with, individuals of
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a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender.
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It encompasses the broad concept of a person's sexual attraction to,
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and sexual activity with, people of a particular gender. This can be towards
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people of the same sex (homosexual orientation); towards people of both
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sexes (bisexual orientation), towards neither, or towards people of the
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opposite sex (heterosexual orientation). A person's sexual orientation is
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distinct from a person's gender identity and expression.
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s. Social Class refers to groupings of individuals usually based on wealth,
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educational attainment, occupation, income, and membership in a subculture
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or social network.
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Stigma refers to the dynamic process of devaluation that significantly
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discredits an individual in the eyes o f others. When stigma is acted upon, the
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result is discrimination.
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u. Other Status refers to other forms of differential treatment or grounds of
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discrimination which either undermines human dignity, causes or perpetuates
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systemic disadvantage, or adversely affects the equal enjoyment o f a person's
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rights and freedoms in a serious manner that is comparable to the protected
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attributes enumerated in Section 4 o f this Act. These grounds include, but are
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not limited to the following: pregnancy or maternity/paternity status, family
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responsibilities, health status or medical condition, criminal record.