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There has been a big increase in the number of hate crimes against people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender.
New research from the UK’s leading charity for LGBT equality shows abuse and attacks have rocketed by 78% in the last five years.
The report from Stonewall found that 21% of LGBT people faced hate crime about their sexual orientation and/or gender in the last year. Four in 10 transgender people experienced hate crime in relation to their gender in the last year.
However, 81% of those people didn’t report such incidents to police.
Louisa Pilbeam spoke to a victim of homophobic abuse in London.
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