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Being Trans in the EU — Comparative analysis of EU LGBT survey datathat is reported to the police. Although this overallreporting rate might seem low, trans persons reportviolence more frequently to other organisations thanthe LGBT average.Of those respondents who reported incidents ofhate‐motivated violence to organisations other than thepolice, reporting to an LGBT organisation was the mostfrequently chosen answer of all listed options (morethan half). Only around one in 10 reported to a state ornational institution, such as an equality body, and/oraround 15 % to a general victim support organisation(Table 7). It seems that these official institutions are notvery attractive to trans people.2.4. Harassment andhate‐motivatedharassment“[…] in the years when my gender was perceived asambiguous I felt threatened and harassed on a dailybasis. […] the insults range from generic [scum etc] toorientation‐based [faggot etc]. My family is supportive of mysex change and unaware of my orientation.” (Transsexual,Gay, 29, Poland)In addition to questions on experiences of violence,respondents were also asked whether they had experiencedserious harassment. Before presenting thequestions, the survey clarified that: “by harassment wemean unwanted and disturbing behaviour towards yousuch as name calling, or ridiculing that did not involveactual violence or the threat of violence”.Over half of all trans respondents (58 %) indicate thatthey were personally harassed by someone or a groupof people in a way that really annoyed, offended orupset them – at work, at home, on the street, on publictransport, in a shop, in an office or on the internet – inthe five years preceding the survey. Over a third (35 %)of all respondents indicate that theywere harassed, forwhatever reason, in the 12 months before the survey(Figure 40).The data on the prevalence of harassment show that,among the trans groups, female cross dressers are themost likely to indicate that they were harassed in theyear preceding the survey. Female cross dressers andtrans women are the most likely to say that they wereharassed in the five years preceding the survey.The annual incidence rate of harassment is around1.8 incidents per trans respondent, which is highcompared to the incidence rates for lesbian (1.1),gay (0.8), bisexual women (1.2) and bisexual men (0.9)respondents.As explained in Section 2.1, the calculation of theannual incidence rate takes into account the repetitiveTable 7:Reporting incidents of the last and most serious hate‐motivated violence to organisations other thanthe police (%)LastMost seriousNon‐governmental organisation 17 14LGBT organisation 67 51General victim support organisation 14* 16State or national institution (such as an equality body) 9* 12Hospital or other medical service 20 27Rape crisis centre 4* 4*Other organisation 20 20Question:Note:Base:FA1_13.; FA2_13. Did you or anyone else report it to any of the following organisations/institutions? (Response categories aslisted in the table).*Cases with fewer than 30 responses.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 and who did not report this to organisations other than the police.Source: FRA, EU LGBT survey, 201262