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Title: UK: Around 100 LGBT hate crimes recorded each week to police
Post by: Bardoux on September 14, 2013, 12:56:42 PM
Post by: Bardoux on September 14, 2013, 12:56:42 PM
Although crime rates may be dropping, a new report suggests LGBT people are still experiencing high levels of abuse in the UK.
A quarter of all reported homophobic crime and a fifth of all reported transphobic crime happens in London.
Compared with figures on other types of hate crime, such as racism, the proportion of homophobic hate crime at a national level is on the rise.
The Met Police's Barking and Dagenham LGBT Liaison Team claimed the rise in the borough was down to increased reporting – but the chairman of Barking and Dagenham's LGBT network disagreed and warned against complacency
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/02/uk-around-100-lgbt-hate-crimes-are-recorded-each-week-by-police/ (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/02/uk-around-100-lgbt-hate-crimes-are-recorded-each-week-by-police/)
Additional links:
Galop: http://www.galop.org.uk/ (http://www.galop.org.uk/)
Camden LGBT Forum: http://camdenlgbtforum.org.uk/ (http://camdenlgbtforum.org.uk/)
A quarter of all reported homophobic crime and a fifth of all reported transphobic crime happens in London.
Compared with figures on other types of hate crime, such as racism, the proportion of homophobic hate crime at a national level is on the rise.
The Met Police's Barking and Dagenham LGBT Liaison Team claimed the rise in the borough was down to increased reporting – but the chairman of Barking and Dagenham's LGBT network disagreed and warned against complacency
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/02/uk-around-100-lgbt-hate-crimes-are-recorded-each-week-by-police/ (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/02/uk-around-100-lgbt-hate-crimes-are-recorded-each-week-by-police/)
Additional links:
Galop: http://www.galop.org.uk/ (http://www.galop.org.uk/)
Camden LGBT Forum: http://camdenlgbtforum.org.uk/ (http://camdenlgbtforum.org.uk/)