Gender identity discrimination occurs when you are denied services, opportunities, equal access, or subjected to a hostile work environment because you are transgender, intersex, and/or genderqueer.  Sometimes, a transgender person will be discriminated against because others believe you to be lesbian, gay, or bisexual.  It can occur on its own or in combination with discrimination based on other characteristics such as race, sexual orientation, disability, etc.  California Law prohibits discrimination because of: ‘‘Race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation’’ and includes a perception that the person has any of those characteristics or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics. California law explicitly prohibits sex (gender) discrimination.