1 p. Profiling means relying on the prohibited grounds of discrimination in 2 subjecting a person or group o f persons to investigatory activities, which 3 include unnecessary, unjustified, illegal, and degrading searches, questioning 4 or other investigatory activities, in determining whether an individual is 5 engaged in an activity presumed to be unlawful, immoral, or socially 6 unacceptable. 7 q. Religious Belief cowers the profession or non-profession o f religion or belief of 8 one's choice that may be publicly or privately manifested in worship, 9 observance, practice andteaching. 10 r. Sexual Orientation refers to each person's capacity for profound emotional, 11 affectional and sexual attraction to, and intimate relations with, individuals of 12 a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. 13 It encompasses the broad concept of a person's sexual attraction to, 14 and sexual activity with, people of a particular gender. This can be towards 15 people of the same sex (homosexual orientation); towards people of both 16 sexes (bisexual orientation), towards neither, or towards people of the 17 opposite sex (heterosexual orientation). A person's sexual orientation is 18 distinct from a person's gender identity and expression. 19 s. Social Class refers to groupings of individuals usually based on wealth, 20 educational attainment, occupation, income, and membership in a subculture 21 or social network. 22 t. Stigma refers to the dynamic process of devaluation that significantly 23 discredits an individual in the eyes o f others. When stigma is acted upon, the 24 result is discrimination. 25 u. Other Status refers to other forms of differential treatment or grounds of 26 discrimination which either undermines human dignity, causes or perpetuates 27 systemic disadvantage, or adversely affects the equal enjoyment o f a person's 28 rights and freedoms in a serious manner that is comparable to the protected 29 attributes enumerated in Section 4 o f this Act. These grounds include, but are 30 not limited to the following: pregnancy or maternity/paternity status, family 31 responsibilities, health status or medical condition, criminal record.

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