Tuesday, 11 October 2016
LGBT Hate Crimes Rise 147% After UK's Heinous Brexit Vote
While Theresa May and her own deplorables say everything is hunky dory as that nation falls further into oblivion. She's like Baghdad Bob.
The number of homophobic attacks doubled in the three months following the vote for Brexit.
Figures found by LGBT anti-violence charity, Galop, found that hate crimes against LGBT people increased 147% between July and September, compared to last year.
The research by Galop found that 4 in 5 LGBT people had experienced hate crime. A quarter had experienced violent hate crime, a third experienced online hate crime and a tenth experienced sexual violence as part of a hate crime.
The Galop report, based on a survey of 467 LGBT people, shows low satisfaction with police treatment. Many of their anonymous interviewees confirmed that they did not feel they had received appropriate treatment and would not report a hate crime in the future as they were unsatisfied with the outcome. Cont.
Story from - Pink News
Labels:
Crime,
Discrimination,
England,
LGBT,
UK
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