Sec. 4. Prohibition against discrimination; exceptions
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No student shall, on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such individual or of a person with whom the student associates or has associated, be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. For purposes of this Act, discrimination includes, but is not limited to, harassment of a student on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such student or of a person with whom the student associates or has associated.
No person shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination, retaliation, or reprisal under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance based on his or her opposition to conduct made unlawful by this Act. For purposes of this subsection, opposition to conduct made unlawful by this Act includes, but is not limited to— opposition to conduct reasonably believed to be made unlawful by this Act, any formal or informal report, whether oral or written, to any governmental entity, including public schools and employees thereof, regarding conduct made unlawful by this Act or reasonably believed to be made unlawful by this Act, participation in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing related to conduct made unlawful by this Act or reasonably believed to be made unlawful by this Act, and assistance or encouragement provided to any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of any right granted or protected by this Act, if in the course of that expression, the person involved does not purposefully provide information known to be false to any public school or other governmental entity regarding a violation, or alleged violation, of this Act.