The recently released LGBT+ hate crime figures for April 2019 to March 2020 show, once again, an alarming rise in reported LGBT+ hate crime in the UK.
The new figures show that reported hate crimes committed against LGB+ people have risen by a startling 19%, and against trans people by 16%.
Overall, hate crime against all protected groups combined went up by 8%. This continuing rise in hate across the board alone is very concerning, and we are particularly alarmed that this is this the second year in a row that anti-LGBT+ hate crimes have risen at double the rate of other forms of hate crime.
These figures only represent a fraction of the abuse and violence faced by our community in the UK today. Police statistics will only ever show the