Title IX

Title IX protects people from discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and gender expression.

You have the right to feel safe from sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct. Reach out to SBCC Title IX and Gender Equity Coordinator Linda Esparza Dozer at 805-730-4303 or email lmesparza@pipeline.sbcc.edu. Visit www.sbcc.edu/TitleIX for more information.

Examples of the types of conduct that violates Title IX include, but are not limited to:

• Sexual innuendos and comments

• Sexually explicit questions

• Requests for sexual favors

• Unwelcome touching, hugging, stroking, squeezing

• Spreading rumors about a person’s sexuality

• Sexual ridicule

• Displaying or sending sexually suggestive electronic content, including but not limited to emails, text messages, etc.

• Pervasive displays of pictures, cartoons, or other materials with sexually explicit or graphic content

• Stalking a person

• Acts of domestic or relationship violence

• Attempted or actual sexual violence