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It also assessed prejudice-based views including racism, sexism, homophobia, disablism and transphobia in an effort to better understand bullying behaviour.

Related: Obama sets tone at United State of Women and renews call for equality Many attendees spoke with grief about the recent shooting in Orlando, and the importance of an intersectional approach to gender inequality; tackling it alongside issues such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, ageism and disablism.

Related: Donald Trump’s everyday disablism didn’t surprise me | Frances Ryan “I have no idea who this reporter, Serge Kovalski is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence,” Trump said in a statement issued by his campaign on Thursday afternoon.

It says something that even the word to describe prejudice against disabled people – disablism – isn’t familiar in the way that homophobia, racism or sexism are.

Whatever we want to call it – disablism, bigotry or ignorance – it neither started nor ended with Trump.