1 Sec. 4. Prohibited Grounds for Discrimination/Protected Attributes. - 2 Discrimination that is directly or indirectly based on the following 3 characteristics such as age, racial or ethnic origin, religious belief or activity, political 4 inclination or conviction, social class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity 5 and expressions, marital or relationship status, disability, HIV status, health status or 6 medical history, language, physical features, or other status, is prohibited. For 7 purposes of this Act, these personal characteristics shall be collectively termed as 8 Protected Attributes. 9 10 11 personal Sec. 5. Acts o f Discrimination, Unlawful. - Subject to Section 7 of this Act, the acts of discrimination include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Inflicting stigma. 12 It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any acts that promote and 13 encourage stigma based on the grounds referred to in Section 4. Content in 14 the media, in educational textbooks, or in other medium that aims to inflict 15 stigma is likewise prohibited. 16 17 18 19 (b) Denial of political, civil and cultural rights. It shall be unlawful to deny a person enjoyment of political, civil and cultural rights based on the grounds referred to in Section 4. (c) Denial of right to education. 20 It is unlawful for any person to: 21 (1) Refuse admission or expel a person from any educational or training 22 institution on the basis of the grounds defined in Section 4, without 23 prejudice to the 24 determine the academic qualifications of their students or trainees; 25 26 right of educational or training institutions to (2) Grant or refuse to grant honors, scholarship/s, or other forms of assistance on the basis of the grounds defined in Section 4; and 27 (3) Impose disciplinary sanctions, penalties harsher than customary, or 28 similar punishments, requirements, restrictions, or prohibitions that 29 infringe on the rights of the students on the basis of the grounds 30 identified in Section 4.