Quote:A rise in hate crimes against transgender people may have been fuelled by politicians’ comments, the Home Office has admitted. Transgender hate crimes rose by 11 per cent in the year to March 2023, to their highest rate since the figures were first recorded in 2012. Recorded crimes increased from 4,262 in 2022 to 4,732 this year, while religious hate crimes were also up by 9 per cent. A Home Office briefing outlining the statistics, published on Thursday, highlighted for the first time the potential link between MPs’ remarks and the rise in recorded incidents. It said: “Transgender issues have been heavily discussed by politicians, the media and on social media over the last year, which may have led to an increase in these offences, or more awareness in the police in the identification and recording of these crimes.””Rise in trans hate crimes could be fuelled by politicians, Home Office admits
- While this is about the UK, the Conservative Party was the original 'Nasty Party' and we're pretty sure things are worse in the US. These people have suicide rates multiple times the population average, don't harm anybody and are now singled out for all kinds of abuse, just to rile up the base.