What is a homophobic incident?
Any incident which is perceived to be homophobic or transphobic by the victim or any other person. This means any incident (not necessarily a crime) which is motivated by prejudice against LGBT people and/or their friends and families. This might include, for example, things such as harassment, verbal abuse, physical threats, assaults, graffiti and damage to property. Why should you report? Reporting incidents assists the police in tackling homophobic / transphobic crime. The information you provide is valuable, it enables the police to identify areas of concern, patterns of behaviour and could possibly help catch / prosecute offenders. If left unreported, the offenders are free to repeat similar offences, and think they can get away with this sort of offence because they wont get reported. You do not have to be the victim to report an incident: If someone you know is a victim, or if you witness such an incident then please report it. Any person can say it’s homophobic – The incident n
