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Harassment Based on a Protected Category ("harassment") occurs when there is unwelcome or unwanted verbal or physical conduct which is objectively offensive and severe, persistent, or pervasive and is directed at an individual based on their membership in one (or more) Protected Categories. Protected Categories include race, color, national origin, ethnicity, caste, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, including transgender identity, religion, disability, age, genetics, active military or veteran status and any other characteristics protected under applicable federal or Massachusetts law. 

Harassment can include objectively offensive conduct that can be verbal, non-verbal, visual, and/or physical in nature. Harassment can include jokes, slurs, epithets, name-calling, threats, intimidation, ridicule, mockery, insults, put-downs, unwanted touching, offensive objects or pictures, or other conduct that is objectively offensive and severe, pervasive, or persistent so that it interferes with a person’s education or work environment.