Homophobic attacks rose by 147 per cent in the three months following the Brexit vote, according to figures compiled by an LGBT anti-violence charity.
Galop, which supports victims of homophobic attacks, said the number of hate crime incidents in the July, August and September following the June EU referendum vote was up 147 per cent on the corresponding three months of 2015.
The figures add to concerns that the hatred seen after the Brexit vote – which led to an immediate 57 per cent rise in hate crime incidents reported to the police – was not restricted to racial or religious hostility. [...]
The report found that four out of five (80 per cent) of the 467 of the LGBT people surveyed by the charity had experienced hate crime in their lifetime, and one in four (25 per cent) had been physically assaulted.
The report also noted that when it came to the last hate crime the respondents had experienced, half of those who reported it to the police felt dissatisfied with the outcome.
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