Word list

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

AIDS

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

Anti-Discrimination NSW (ADNSW)

ADNSW is an organisation that helps stop discrimination in NSW.

Complaint

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

• has gone wrong
• isn’t working well.

Discrimination

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

Gender identity

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

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

HIV

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

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT)

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

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.

Sexuality

Your sexuality is who you:

• love
• are attracted to.

Transgender

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

Victimisation

Victimisation is when you’re treated unfairly because you:

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

Vilification

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

Workplace

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

• an office
• a customer service centre.