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Being Trans in the EU — Comparative analysis of EU LGBT survey dataFigure 38: Reporting to the police of the last and most serious hate‐motivated incident of violence, by identitygroup (%)EU trans averageTrans womenTrans menFemale cross dressersMale cross dressersTransgenderGender variantQueer/other10131512212426242725242419203237Last hate-motivated incident of violencein the 12 months before the surveyMost serious hate-motivated incidentof violence in the five yearsbefore the survey0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Questions: FA1_5. Do you think the LAST incident of physical/sexual attack or threat.of violence in the past 12 months happened partly orcompletely because you were perceived to be transgender?FA2_5. Do you think this physical/sexual attack or threat happened partly or completely because you were perceived to betransgender? Yes.FA1_11, FA2_11. Did you or anyone else report it to the police?Base: Trans respondents in the EU LGBT survey who were physically/sexually attacked or threatened with violence in the 12 monthsbefore the survey (last incident) or five years (most serious incident) in part or entirely because they were perceived to be trans.Source: FRA, EU LGBT survey, 2012Figure 39: Reporting of the last and most serious hate‐motivated violence to the police, by type of crime (%)Reporting physical and/orsexual threat to the policeReporting physical and/orsexual attack to the police15173333Most serious hate-motivatedincident of violence in the five yearsbefore the surveyLast hate-motivated incident of violencein the 12 months before the survey0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Questions: FA1_5. Do you think the LAST incident of physical/sexual attack or threat of violence in the past 12 months happened partly orcompletely because you were perceived to be trans? Yes.FA2_5. Do you think this physical/sexual attack or threat happened partly or completely because you were perceived tobe trans? Yes.FA1_11, FA2_11. Did you or anyone else report it to the police? Yes.FA1_4. Thinking about the LAST physical/sexual attack or threat of violence, what happened to you? 1. Physical attack, 2. Sexualattack, 3. Physical and sexual attack, 4. Threat of physical violence, 5. Threat of sexual violence, 6. Threat of both physical andsexual violence, 9. Don’t know.FA2_4. Thinking about the MOST SERIOUS physical/sexual attack or threat of violence, what happened to you? 1. Physical attack,2. Sexual attack, 3. Physical and sexual attack, 4. Threat of physical violence, 5. Threat of sexual violence, 6. Threat of both physicaland sexual violence, 9. Don’t know.Base: Trans respondents in the EU LGBT survey who were physically/sexually attacked or threatened with violence in the 12 monthsbefore the survey (last incident) or five years (most serious incident) in part or entirely because they were perceived to be trans.Source: FRA, EU LGBT survey, 2012Reasons for not reporting hate‐motivatedviolence to the policeThe most cited reason for not going to the police in allcases of hate‐motivated violent incidents or threatsis a profound mistrust in the police authorities: half ofthe respondents did not report the incident becausethey thought that the police would not do anything, andone in three because they thought they could not doanything. Additionally, over one in three respondents60
Violence and harassmentTable 5: Reasons for not reporting hate‐motivated incidents in the last 12 months to the police (%)LastMost seriousDid not think they would do anything 51 47Fear of a homophobic and/or transphobic reaction from the police 42 36Did not think they could do anything 38 33Fear of offender, fear of reprisal 31 29Shame, embarrassment, didn’t want anyone to know 29 31Too minor/not serious enough/never occurred to me 27 20Too emotionally upset to contact the police 24 24Would not be believed 24 22Dealt with it myself/involved a friend/family matter 18 17Thought it was my fault 8 10Other reason 8 8Went someplace else for help 7 6Didn’t want the offender arrested or to get in trouble with the police 7 6Somebody stopped me or discouraged me 5 5Went directly to a magistrate or judge to report the incident 0 0Question:Base:FA1_12.; FA2_12. Why did you not report it to the police? (Response categories as listed in the table)Trans respondents in the EU LGBT survey who were physically/sexually attacked or threatened with violence in the previous12 months (last incident) or five years (most serious incident) partly or entirely because they were perceived to be trans, andwho did not report the incident in question to the police.Source: FRA, EU LGBT survey, 2012did not report it out of fear of a homophobic and/ortransphobic reaction from the police (Table 5).Other frequently cited reasons for not reporting are ofan emotional nature: one in three did not go to thepolice because they were ashamed or embarrassed anddidn’t want anyone to know, and a quarter was tooemotionally upset to contact the police. One in threereported a fear of the offender or fear of reprisal. Whenanswering this question, respondents could indicate asmany categories as they wished.Reporting to other organisationsVictims were asked if they or anyone else reportedthe hate‐motivated incident to organisations or institutionsother than the police. A quarter of both thelast hate‐motivated incidents that happened in the12 months preceding the survey, as well as of the mostserious hate‐motivated incidents that happened in thefive years preceding it, were reported to other organisationsor institutions (Table 6). This is almost the same asthe percentage of hate‐motivated violence and threatsTable 6:Reporting the last and the most serious hate‐motivated incidents to organisations other thanthe police (%)LastMost seriousReported 26 25No, did not report 73 73Don’t know 1 2Question:Base:FA1_13.; FA2_13. Did you or anyone else report it to any of the following organisations/institutions?Trans respondents in the EU LGBT survey who were physically/sexually attacked or threatened with violence in the 12 monthspreceding the survey (last incident) or five years (most serious incident) preceding the survey in part or entirely because theywere perceived to be trans.Source: FRA, EU LGBT survey, 201261
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