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Transphobic Hate Crime All Wales Hate Crime Research Project

Transphobic Hate Crime All Wales Hate Crime Research Project. Mair Rigby, Project Officer. Definition. Transphobic Hate Incident Any incident, which may or may not constitute a criminal offence, which is perceived to be transphobic by the victim or any other person

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Transphobic Hate Crime All Wales Hate Crime Research Project

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  1. Transphobic Hate Crime All Wales Hate Crime Research Project Mair Rigby, Project Officer

  2. Definition Transphobic Hate Incident Any incident, which may or may not constitute a criminal offence, which is perceived to be transphobic by the victim or any other person Hate Crime: Delivering a Quality Service, Good Practice and Tactical Guidance, ACPO(2005).

  3. Transphobic Hate Crime • 1 of 5 monitored categories of hate crime • Legislation will be equalised this year - transphobic and disability hate crime should be treated in the same way as the other categories • Minimum sentencing tariff for transphobic murders will be 30 years

  4. Recorded Figures 2010

  5. Research 60% of transgender respondents reported having been a victim of violence or harassment Lombardini et al., Gender Violence: Transgender Experiences with violence and discrimination (2001) 79% of all respondents had experienced some form of harassment in public Turnder et al., Transphobic Hate Crime in the European Union, Press for Change, 2009

  6. Forms • Unsolicited comments • Verbal abuse /threats • Physical abuse • Sexual abuse • Murder

  7. Impact • Changing habits, lifestyle, appearance • Isolation • Stress, depression, anxiety • Moving out of the area • Worsening of existing physical and psychological conditions • Retaliation • Suicide

  8. Context • Early stages of transition may be especially difficult for people • Rejection and discrimination from family • Isolation/lack of support networks • Loss of employment • Loss of home • Unsympathetic and sensationalist media

  9. Why don’t people report? • So many incidents – it’s too much trouble to report them all • It becomes “white noise” • Managing a stressful situation - need to pick battles • Fear of being “outed” as trans • Fear of making it worse/losing control • Fear of counter-allegations

  10. Bad Practice when people report .... • Mis-gendering • Confusion with homophobic hate crime • Failure in the criminal justice system to recognise vulnerability of trans women • Trans women treated as “men by proxy’ in CJS • Trans women perceived as cause of the incident • Secondary victimization

  11. Good Practice • Robust hate crime and harassment policies • Staff training re: gender identity • Allocations process sensitive to needs of trans people • Tenants provided with information and support from the start • Work with local organisations e.g. Unique, LGBT Excellence Centre

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