fra-2014-being-trans-eu-comparative_en
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Viol<strong>en</strong>ce and harassm<strong>en</strong>tTable 13: Reporting incid<strong>en</strong>ts of the last and most serious hate‐motivated harassm<strong>en</strong>t to organisations otherthan the police (%)Lastincid<strong>en</strong>tMost serious incid<strong>en</strong>tNon‐governm<strong>en</strong>tal organisation 18 17LGBT organisation 56 53G<strong>en</strong>eral victim support organisation 7 9State or national institution (such as an equality body) 11 12Hospital or other medical service 10 12Rape crisis c<strong>en</strong>tre 1 1Internet service provider 12 8Other organisation 24 23Question:Base:FB1_13.; FB2_13. Did you or anyone else report it to any of the following organisations/institutions? (Response categories aslisted in the table).Trans respond<strong>en</strong>ts in the EU LGBT survey who were physically/sexually attacked or threat<strong>en</strong>ed with viol<strong>en</strong>ce in the 12 months(last incid<strong>en</strong>t) or five years (most serious incid<strong>en</strong>t) preceding the survey in part or <strong>en</strong>tirely because they were perceived to be<strong>trans</strong> and who reported this to organisations other than the police.Source: FRA, EU LGBT survey, 2012Figure 46: Avoiding g<strong>en</strong>der expression or certain places for fear of assault, threat or harassm<strong>en</strong>t,by id<strong>en</strong>tity group (%)EU <strong>trans</strong> averageTrans wom<strong>en</strong>Trans m<strong>en</strong>Female cross dressersMale cross dressersTransg<strong>en</strong>derG<strong>en</strong>der variantQueer/other13322833243439465050675861636262Avoids expressing g<strong>en</strong>derAvoids certain placesQuestions:Base:0 20 40 60 80 100TR9. Do you avoid expressing your g<strong>en</strong>der (or your desired g<strong>en</strong>der) through your physical appearance and clothing for fearof <strong>being</strong> assaulted, threat<strong>en</strong>ed or harassed? Yes.E2. Do you avoid certain places or locations for fear of <strong>being</strong> assaulted, threat<strong>en</strong>ed or harassed because you are <strong>trans</strong>? Yes.Trans respond<strong>en</strong>ts in the EU LGBT survey.Source: FRA, EU LGBT survey, 2012‘Age’ repres<strong>en</strong>ted the only other marked differ<strong>en</strong>cethe analysis detected by socio‐demographic backgroundvariable regarding avoiding g<strong>en</strong>der expressionor locations. In g<strong>en</strong>eral, young <strong>trans</strong> respond<strong>en</strong>tsare more likely than older ones to avoid expressingtheir g<strong>en</strong>der (or their desired g<strong>en</strong>der) through physicalappearance and clothing for fear of assault, threat orharassm<strong>en</strong>t. Older respond<strong>en</strong>ts in contrast are morelikely to avoid certain places or locations because ofthese fears.The Figure 47 breakdown by EU Member State is limitedto the 25–54-year‐old age groups. This makes itpossible to avoid the age effect at country level and toremove from the equation both the overrepres<strong>en</strong>tationof respond<strong>en</strong>ts aged 18–24 and the underrepres<strong>en</strong>tation71
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