What is vilification based on gender identity?
Vilification is different from discrimination. Where discrimination is about unfair treatment, vilification is a public act that incites others to hate you or your group (or have serious contempt for, or severely ridicule you) because of your gender identity. This sort of hatred can show up in a number of ways including through speech, leaflets, graffiti, gestures, posters or stickers, websites, abuse or media articles. Examples: • A transgendered person is sitting in the mall. She s approached by one member of a group who starts abusing and taunting her. When she doesn t respond he encourages his friends to join in the ridicule and harassment. • The transgendered community is holding a social function in a pub. A local troublemaker gets to know about the function and as people leave he stands outside the hotel with a group of friends shouting ‘You re a bunch of pedophiles – you should have been drowned at birth.’ NOTE: It is a criminal offence, if either you and/or your property are t
