Important initiatives have been undertaken to confront discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The Committee welcomes the establishment of the Sexual Minorities Forum, a formal communication channel between HKSAR and persons with different sexual orientation, and the planned establishment of the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit within the Home Affairs Bureau.

The third area was health, sexual and reproductive rights for all women regardless of race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

The proposed themes for the contest are gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

They advocate changes to Cuban law that eradicate discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender.

One of the CNCD' lines of action is to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation.

He wondered whether the Sex Discrimination Act 2002 extended to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.

He asked whether legislation was in place to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Mr. KHAMIDOV (Tajikistan) said that there were no provisions relating to sexual orientation in his country.

They also aim at the identification of and investigation into the experience of women in Greece (especially women belonging to minority groups, because of age, race, social class, religion, nationality or sexual orientation) as well as individuals with different, non heterosexual sexual orientation.

Moreover, a new law provided that no one could be denied employment on the grounds of sexual orientation.

In order to improve the sexual and reproductive health of all women, regardless of age, religion, culture, ethnicity or sexual orientation, the following concrete actions should be taken

(a) The present anti discrimination legislation does not cover discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation and age

Gender is included among the themes under the rubric of diversity , together with race, ethnicity and sexual orientation, among others.

The call for freedom of sexual orientation is also underscored in the establishment of the Parliamentary Front for Free Sexual Expression in October 2004, in the National Congress' Noble Hall.

She wondered whether Paraguay had developed legal categories of the basis for discrimination, such as ethnicity, marital status or sexual orientation.

This was one of the fundamental conclusions of the Seminar, Educating for Equality of Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation , mentioned above.

Among those, is Kifi, whose addition to the Tunisian aggregator created a stir, because of the clear sexual orientation of its author.

The court did not just decriminalize homosexuality, but they went way ahead and offered people protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Another interesting thing that I learned from my project and my travels is just what a poor binding agent sexual orientation is.

Aside from gender and sexual orientation, class identity has been expressed in Oi!, originating in the working class East End of London.

In 2003, the CNCD established a Permanent Thematic Committee to deal with accusations of violations of human rights based on sexual orientation.

The discussion then turned to the emerging cross cutting themes, particularly human rights violations on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.

They see a president committed to the advancement of all Americans, regardless of race, gender, creed, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, handicap, or economic status.

Targeting people because of their gender identity or sexual orientation is not uncommon and is usually carried out in the name of family honor.

The book addresses themes of sexual orientation, gender roles, suicide, dysfunctional family life, and the role of literature in understanding oneself and one's family.

In addition, women were often exposed to double or multiple discrimination on grounds of their ethnic origin, religion, belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders were also victims of abuses and discrimination, including mistreatment and acts of social cleansing , because of their sexual orientation.

The objective of the Program is to prevent and eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation, guaranteeing GLTTBs the full exercise of their fundamental human rights.

Orientation

Orientation

These commitments include a culture of peace, and tolerance and respect for ethnic, racial, cultural and gender differences, as well as sexual political and religious orientation.

Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.

During this meeting, the foreign minister said there would be no changes in Cuba's policy to oppose any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender.

The second was the promotion of inclusive, non sexist education, including the incorporation of a gender, race, ethnic and sexual orientation perspective in formal and informal education.

Orientation Agnosia an inability to judge or determine orientation of objects.

Overall orientation

Strategic orientation

Overall orientation

The new law on equality of treatment in employment was comprehensive in its goal to eliminate discrimination, prohibiting discrimination based on religion, belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Cases of lesbian women being targeted for rape specifically because of their sexual orientation in order for the aggressor to prove the victim's womanhood have also been documented.

The intersection of discrimination related to gender, HIV status and sexual orientation often combined with race and class create multiple forms of oppression and violence that keep women subordinated.

The High level Plenary Meeting should highlight the importance of combating discrimination on the basis of race, colour, gender, language, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and other such grounds.

An example is the promotion of an International Seminar on Educating for Equality of Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation , held in Brasília, on November 30 and December 1, 2004.

Incitement to religious and racial hatred and incitement to hatred on the basis of sexual orientation are now illegal in most European countries, independent of any threat to public order.