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1. 9. Human rights protection against sexual harassment

   From: Policy on preventing sexual and gender-based harassment

   9.1 The Ontario Human Rights Code

   Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9 of the Code set out the basic right to equal treatment without discrimination because of sex in services, goods and facilities, housing, contracts, employment and vocational associations.

   Sections 7(1) and (2) set out a person's right to be free from harassment based on sex and inappropriate gender-related comment and conduct in housing and employment.

   Section 7(1) states:

2. 9. Mental health, addictions and intersecting Code grounds

   From: Minds that matter: Report on the consultation on human rights, mental health and addictions

   A significant theme in the consultation was how a person’s identity, based on mental health or addictions, intersects with other Code-related aspects of identity (such as race, sex or age), which can be the basis for unique or distinct forms of discrimination. People told us it was much harder to get a job, housing, or services because of discrimination based on two or more Code grounds. For example, we heard that young African Canadian men with a psychiatric disability find it harder to get housing due to stereotypes related to race, age, gender and disability.

3. 9. Reasonable bona fide requirements

   From: Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression

   The Code prohibits discrimination that results from requirements, qualifications, or factors that may appear neutral but have an adverse or negative effect on people identified by Code grounds.[82]

4. 9. The duty to accommodate

   From: Policy on preventing discrimination based on creed

   Under the Code, employers, unions, housing providers and service providers have a legal duty to accommodate people’s sincerely held creed beliefs and practices to the point of undue hardship, where these have been adversely affected by a requirement, rule or standard.^[267]

5. 9.2. Intersections avec l’orientation sexuelle

   From: Parce qu’on importe!

   On nous a expliqué comment il est possible de porter un « double fardeau » quand on se révèle gai, lesbienne ou bisexuel(le) tout en divulguant en même temps un trouble mental. Certaines personnes ont dit que le stress qu’elles éprouvent en raison de la discrimination fondée sur leur orientation sexuelle a contribué à leurs troubles mentaux et à leurs dépendances.

6. 9.2. Intersections with sexual orientation

   From: Minds that matter: Report on the consultation on human rights, mental health and addictions

   We heard how people face a “double burden” of coming out as gay, lesbian or bisexual and also disclosing a mental health issue. Some said the stress they experienced because of discrimination based on their sexual orientation contributed to mental health issues and addictions.

7. 9.3. Intersections with sex

   From: Minds that matter: Report on the consultation on human rights, mental health and addictions

   There is a close connection between mental health disabilities, addictions and gendered violence. Women who are survivors of violence, trauma and abuse often face substance use and mental health issues.[61] Several women reported gender-based violence related to having a mental health history. Some said they were sexually harassed or assaulted by patients or staff while hospitalized for a psychiatric disability.

8. 9.4. Intersections avec l’identité sexuelle

   From: Parce qu’on importe!

   Les personnes transgenre nous ont parlé des répercussions importantes qu’ont sur leur santé mentale la discrimination quotidienne, le manque d’acceptation sociale, la pauvreté, les logements inabordables et l’aliénation familiale, tous fondés sur l’identité sexuelle. Un groupe de discussion coanimé par la Rainbow Health Ontario a identifié la pauvreté comme conséquence de la discrimination, mais aussi comme facteur contribuant à une mauvaise santé mentale. Dans une étude menée auprès de 433 Ontariennes et Ontariens transgenre, la moitié a « sérieusement envisagé » le suicide parce qu’ils étaient transgenre. Les jeunes transgenre (de jusqu’à 24 ans) étaient plus de deux fois plus susceptibles d’envisager sérieusement le suicide que les personnes transgenre de plus de 25 ans.

9. 9.4. Intersections with gender identity

   From: Minds that matter: Report on the consultation on human rights, mental health and addictions

   Transgender people told us about the major impacts on their mental health from daily discrimination, lack of societal acceptance, poverty, unaffordable housing and alienation from family, based on gender identity. A focus group co-facilitated by Rainbow Health Ontario, identified poverty as a consequence of discrimination, but also a contributing factor to poor mental health. In a study of 433 trans Ontarians, half “seriously considered” suicide because they were trans. Trans youth (up to age 24) were more than twice as likely to seriously consider suicide than trans people over age 25.

10. 9.5. Intersections avec la race et les motifs connexes

    From: Parce qu’on importe!

    Nous avons entendu parler de différents types de discriminations intersectantes exercées sur la base de la race, de la citoyenneté, de l’origine ethnique, du lieu d’origine, de l’ascendance, de la couleur ou de la croyance, en plus de troubles mentaux ou de dépendances. On nous a dit comment les perceptions des handicaps des gens peuvent contribuer à des perceptions négatives fondées sur la race de diverses manières.

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