latest in the continued growth of anti-LGBTQ+ violence in the U.K.Data from Vice World News found a 210 percent increase in homophobic hate crimes from 2014-2021.
In the same period, an increase of 332 percent was seen in transphobic hate crimes.The outlet reports that there were around 6,300 reports of hate crimes based on sexuality in 2014-2015 — the same year same-sex marriage became legal in the U.K.
The number was almost 20,000 in 2020-2021. For transphobic hate crimes, there were about 600 reported in 2014-2015 and 2,600 in 2020-2021..