Occurs when someone is treated less favorably because their gender identity (e.g., male, female, non-binary, trans) doesn’t align with stereotypes or expectations, affecting hiring, services, housing, or everyday interactions.
Involves unfair treatment of intersex people due to physical sex traits that vary from typical definitions of male or female, including exclusion, harassment, or barriers in education, work, healthcare, and services.
Happens when a person is disadvantaged because of their sexual orientation (e.g., heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual), such as being denied opportunities, harassed, or treated differently in workplaces and public settings.
Occurs when someone is treated unfairly because of their marital status, for example, refusing housing to singles, penalizing married employees, or imposing policies that disadvantage divorced or widowed people.
Includes denying jobs, promotions, reasonable adjustments, or equal treatment because a person is pregnant or may become pregnant, and can extend to adverse comments, policies, or conditions that penalize pregnancy.
Occurs when people are discouraged, excluded, or denied reasonable facilities to breastfeed or express milk, or face negative consequences at work, in public, or when accessing services because they are breastfeeding.
Involves adverse treatment because someone has current or perceived caregiving responsibilities, such as denial of flexible arrangements, promotions, or equal opportunities due to parenting or carer roles.