Offenses and wrongs in which a person is treated worse, or deprived of a legal right, because of a protected characteristic or by a conspiracy against rights, including discrimination in employment, in housing and by genetic information. An offense belongs here when the definition names the unequal treatment or the deprivation of a right. It excludes violence motivated by prejudice, which is covered by the offenses of assault and harassment.
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Wikipedia: Compulsory sterilization
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refers to any government-mandated program to involuntarily sterilize a specific group of people
Conversion therapy, Wikipedia
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Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation
Employment discrimination (Wikipedia)
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Employment discrimination is a form of illegal discrimination in the workplace based on legally protected characteristics.
Genetic discrimination (Wikipedia)
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Genetic discrimination occurs when people treat others (or are treated) differently because they have or are perceived to have a gene mutation(s) that causes or increases the risk of an inherited disorder.
Housing discrimination (Wikipedia)
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Housing discrimination refers to patterns of discrimination that affect a person's ability to rent or buy housing.
Conspiracy against rights (Wikipedia)
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Conspiracy against rights is a federal offense in the United States of America under 18 U.S.C. § 241:
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