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DisabilityDisability ForumDiscriminationDiversityEast Sussex County Council(ESCC)EqualitiesEquality Impact Assessments(EQIA)Gay*hearing feel that there is a difference in humanexperience rather than referring deafness as adisability.ESCC has subscribed to a definition of disabilityexplained in terms of barriers some peopleexperience which are created by socialorganisation.Barriers can be:• Prejudice and stereotypes• Inflexible organisational procedures andpractices• Inaccessible information• Inaccessible buildingsSee Staff Forums.This term is applied when any of the people orcommunities described under the ‘equalities’definition below are seen to have been directly orindirectly disadvantaged by individuals ororganisations.This term is applied when a country, county, town,society, organisation is seen to have a range ofdifferent groups (as defined under the ‘equalities’definition below) within it.See Council.This is a term applied to a range of issues whereindividuals or communities are seen to have lessequal access to aspects of life taken for granted byother people.These are requirements under the Race EqualitySchemes. All statutory organisations / authoritieshave to undertake detailed assessments of all theirpolicies, functions and work to identify good or badpractice around the Black & Minority Ethnic issues.An umbrella term for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexualpeople.Refers to a person whose primary sexual attractionis to people of the same sex.The term is more commonly applied to men whoself-identify as same sex attracted, rather than menwho have sex with men but do not self-identify asGay.While many women identify as Gay, the termLesbian is commonly used to describe same sexattracted women.It is best to avoid using this word to cover all LGBPage 2 of 5
GenderGender identityHuman Rights ActHomophobia*Homosexual*Lesbian*Limiting Long Term Illness (LLTI)LGBT ForumImpact Assessmentspeople as it can render lesbians and bisexualpeople excluded. Use: Lesbian, gay or bisexual, orthe acronym LGB.Gender is the term that refers to the social roles andrelationships that structure men’s and women’slives, in contrast to the term ‘sex’ which is used todescribe the biological differences between menand women.A person’s sense of identity defined in relation to thecategories of male and female. In this glossary, theterm is primarily used to describe people whosegender identity does not match their biological sexat birth. However, it is important to note that noteveryone identifies exclusively with one sex or theother. Some may well identify as both male andfemale, while others may identify as male in onesetting and female in another.The Human Rights Act 1998 gives legal effect in theUK to the fundamental rights and freedomscontained in the European Convention on HumanRights (ECHR). These rights not only affect mattersof life and death like freedom from torture and killingbut also affect your rights in everyday life: what youcan say and do; your beliefs, your right to a fair trialand many other similar basic entitlements.An irrational fear and/or dislike of lesbian, gay andbisexual people, which can lead to hatred resultingin verbal and physical attacks.Considered by some in the LGB community to be aderogatory and offensive term. It originates from amedical definition when same-sexattraction/relationships were construed as mentalillness. Use: gay, lesbian, gay man/woman,bisexual, bisexual man/woman or the acronym LGB(lesbian, gay and bisexual).A woman whose primary sexual attraction is to otherwomen. This term often refers to women who aresame sex attracted rather than women who havesex with other women but do not self-identify aslesbian.Term used for a disability that restricts dailyactivities in the Census 2001.See Staff Forum.See Equalities Impact Assessments definition abovePage 3 of 5
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