The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a learning and working environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each student and employee has a right to learn and work in an environment that is free from unlawful discrimination. No District student or employee shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived gender/sex (including gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parenting, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy and pregnancy related medical conditions), sexual orientation or a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics in any District educational program or activity or to which it provides significant assistance.