YORK LGBT FORUM
HATE CRIME PREVENTION
WHAT IS A HATE CRIME?
A hate crime can take many forms including:
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PHYSICAL ATTACKS
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THREAT OF ATTACK
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VERBAL ABUSE OR INSULTS
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PLEASE REPORT
Any information you give us is valuable, it enables us to identify areas of concern, patterns of behaviour and could lead to the prosecution of offenders.
A hate crime is any criminal offence committed against a person or property that is motivated by an offenders hatred of someone because of their:
Religion Gender Race | Gender Identity Sexual Orientation Disability |
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OUR HATE CRIME PREVENTION WORK
We work closely with the police and offer them LGBT training and run campaigns during hate crime awareness week.
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GET IN TOUCH
Contact our us on enquiry@yorklgbtforum.org.uk for more details.
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LGBT POLICE OFFICERS
We have very experienced LGBT police officers within York – two of whom identify as LGBT themselves – Stuart Henderson.
If you would like to report a Hate Crime via North Yorkshire Police online, click the button below.
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HATE CRIME PREVENTION MEME CAMPAIGN 2019
As part of our Stop Hate Crime Campaign in 2019 we devised a number of memes that were used throughout Social Media and in print material to showcase different groups within the LGBT community that can potentially suffer from Hate Crime attacks.
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