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/


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