French Natioanl Police figures show homophobic and transphobic hate crime in France was up 36% last year, with reports from 1,870 victims.
Three quarters were men and nearly two thirds (62%) were under 35 years old. 33% of the cases involved insults while 28% included physical violence or sexual attacks.
The figures are up from 2018’s 1,380 cases and LGBT+ hate crime charity SOS Homophobie said the real numbers are higher as many victims don’t come forward.SOS Homophobie’s own report shows the