31 DISABILITY: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their physical or mental impairments/challenges, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, congenital or acquired by heredity, accident, injury, advanced age or illness. ETHNICITY: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, common culture (often including a shared religion) and/or ideology that stresses common ancestry. The concept of ethnicity differs from the closely related term race in that ?race?refers to grouping based mostly upon biological criteria, while ?ethnicity?also encompasses additional cultural factors. GENDER: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or a group of persons based on their actual or perceived gender (e.g., male or female). GENDER IDENTITY: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person (or group of persons) because the person?s internal sense of being male, female, or a combination of both may be different from the gender assigned at birth? (e.g., bias against transgender or gender non- conforming individuals). NATIONAL ORIGIN: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their actual or perceived country of birth. RACE: A preformed negative attitude toward a group of persons who possess common physical characteristics. For example, someone?s color of skin, eyes, and/or hair; facial features, etc., genetically transmitted by descent and heredity which distinguish them as a distinct division of humankind, (e.g. Whites, African Americans, Asians, etc.). RELIGION: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons who share the same religious beliefs regarding the origin and purpose of the universe and the existence or nonexistence of a supreme being. (e.g., Catholics, Atheists, Jews, etc.). SEXUAL ORIENTATION: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their sexual attraction toward, and responsiveness to, members of their own sex or members of the opposite sex. WEAPONS, DRUG AND LIQUOR VIOLATIONS 1. WEAPON LAW VIOLATIONS (WEAPONS: CARRYING, POSSESSING, ETC.): The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, concealment, use, or possession of deadly weapons; the carrying of deadly weapons, concealed or openly; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; aliens possessing deadly weapons; cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices or other deadly weapons; all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned. 2. DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS: The violations of State and local laws prohibiting the production, distribution and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use. The unlawful possession, sale, use, cultivation and manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs. The relevant substances include: opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics (Demerol, methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, Benzedrine). 3. LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS: The violation of state and local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, transportation, possession or use of alcoholic beverages. (Drunkenness and driving under the influence are not included in this definition.) TAMIU reports the crimes required by the Clery Act that occur on or within the University?s Clery Geography that were reported to a CSA, law enforcement agency, and/or the UPD.
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