University of California, San Diego

Bias incidents are acts of conduct, speech or expression that target individuals and groups based on certain characteristics such as race, religion, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability and sexual orientation. Examples of bias incidents include: A public speaker who…

UC San Diego faculty, staff, and students are expected to practice these basic principles as individuals and in groups. ... We affirm each individual's right to dignity and strive to maintain a climate of justice marked by mutual respect for each other…

Here is the definition of prohibited harassment that applies to students: Unwelcome physical, verbal, written or visual conduct that is so “ severe ” and/or “ pervasive ”; and objectively offensive; and that so substantially impairs a person’s access to university programs…

Sexual Harassment is when: … unwelcome sexual or other sex-based conduct is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it unreasonably denies, adversely limits, or interferes with a person’s participation in or benefit from the education, employment or other programs or activities of…

Conduct is DOE-Covered Conduct if all of the below are true: … The alleged conduct is DOE Sex-Based Misconduct, meaning it is any of the following: … unwelcome sexual or other sex-based conduct (as defined in Section II of the Policy) that…

While the language of the First Amendment refers only to “Congress,” the First Amendment – as well as most of the other Amendments that make up the Bill of Rights – applies to government entities in general by way of the Fourteenth…