Huge increase in hate crimes against LBGT people

There has been a big increase in the number of hate crimes against people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender.

According to LBTC charity STONEWALL homophobic hate crime has rocketed by 78% in the last five years. An alarming 81% of victims did not report crime to police.
 

Dominic Arnall, head of Stonewall projects and programmes, said: "We've got a lot further to go as this research demonstrates.
 

"I think whereas for some LBTC people there's been tremendous progression - we've seen in 2014 equal marriage we've seen some wonderful strides forward, unfortunately there's still an awfully long way to go."
 

It can be argued that such a rise in hate crime is the by-produce of social integration whereby foreign nationals are coming to terms with LBTC rights and social standing.
 

Meanwhile, LBTC victims are encouraged to report discrimination and hate crimes to police.