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PCC funds LBGBT-Plus to recover from hate crime |
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PCC Matt Storey has granted £12,384 from his Protect and Support Fund for sessions to support LGBTQ+ people impacted by hate crime.
Threats of violence, intimidating behaviour, online abuse and hateful comments shouted in the street.
That’s just a handful of the hate incidents regularly faced by Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ community, according to charity Hart Gables.
One young trans woman was attacked and verbally abused as she walked home from work in Middlesbrough.
She wasn’t going to complete an online police report for fear that she would be seen as “overreacting” or “too sensitive.”
Currently, she’s rebuilding her confidence thanks to emotional support from Hart Gables, with a view to eventually report her attack to police. Now Hart Gables has a little extra help to support victims of hate crime, thanks to funding from Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Matt Storey.
The ‘Thrive Beyond Hate’ project offers one-to-one and group support to victims of LGBTQ+ hate.
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