Sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status discrimination

Sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status discrimination

The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (SDA) makes it unlawful to treat people less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.

Sexual orientation discrimination happens when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because that person has a sexual orientation towards:

persons of the same sex, or

persons of a different sex, or

persons of the same sex and persons of a different sex.

Same-sex couples are also protected from discrimination under the definition of ‘marital or relationship status’ in the SDA.