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No Place for Hate Crime - National Union of Students

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<strong>No</strong> <strong>Place</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Hate</strong><br />

Table 1 Location <strong>of</strong> incidents prejudiced against<br />

sexual orientation, by incident type<br />

Location trends differed slightly <strong>for</strong> incidents involving<br />

prejudice against gender identity. As with homophobic<br />

incidents, those involving gender identity prejudices<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten occurred in and around areas <strong>of</strong> the victim’s<br />

institution. In particular, victims experienced verbal<br />

abuse, threatening behaviour or threats <strong>of</strong> violence and<br />

distribution or display <strong>of</strong> material. Similarly, vandalism,<br />

property, damage and theft were most commonly<br />

reported to have taken place at or near the victim’s<br />

home. However, experiences <strong>of</strong> physical abuse most<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten occurred in a nightclub setting.<br />

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