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This list explains what the bold words in this document mean.

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AIDS

AIDS is an illness you get when your body has been badly damaged by HIV.

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Anti-Discrimination NSW (ADNSW)

ADNSW is an organisation that helps stop discrimination in NSW.

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Complaint

When you make a complaint, you tell someone that something:

  • has gone wrong
  • isn’t working well.

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Discrimination

Discrimination is when you treat someone badly because of something about them they can’t change.

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Gender identity

Your gender identity is not about your bodybeing male or female.

It is about who you feel you are as a person.

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HIV

HIV is a virus that attacks cells in your body that keep it healthy.

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Interpreter

An interpreter is someone who:

  • speaks your language
  • helps you understand what someone is saying.

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NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT)

NCAT is like a court.They can make a decision about your complaint.

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Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is when someone:

  • makes you do sexual things you don’t

want to do

  • does something sexual to you that youdon’t want them to do
  • asks you to do something sexual thatyou don’t want to do
  • says sexual things to you when youdon’t want to hear them.

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Sexuality

Your sexuality is who you:

  • love
  • are attracted to.

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Transgender

If you are transgender, your gender identity is different now to what you were given when you were born.

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Victimisation

Victimisation is when you’re treated unfairly because you:

  • made a complaint about your experience of discrimination
  • helped someone else who experienced discrimination.

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Vilification

Vilification is when someone shows hatred towards certain people in a public area.

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Workplace

A workplace is any place you might work, such as:

  • an office
  • a customer service centre.
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13 Dec 2021

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