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LGB and T? The Specificity of Anti-Transgender Hate Crime

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A community still in the process of achieving political visibility, trans people have been relatively neglected in hate crime research in comparison to other commonly targeted groups. What we do know about anti-transgender hate crime provides cause for significant concern. The growing body of research in this area finds that trans people are among those identity groups at most risk of hate crime victimisation, repeat victimisation and damaging long-term effects from hate crime victimisation. Often subsumed within the category of homophobic hate crime, or simply ignored, this chapter argues for the value of addressing anti-transgender hate crime as a category in its own right.

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    For the purposes of this article the term ‘trans’ is used as an umbrella term for gender-variant persons. However the authors fully acknowledge the rich diversity within this broad category of identities. This chapter has placed a spotlight on the experiences of this community and argued for the value of attending to the specificity of trans experiences of hate crime victimisation. Nonetheless, the chapter omits to address the specificity of the experiences of non-binary, agender and intersex persons. As we slowly achieve improvements in the mechanisms by which we recognise and address the specificity of anti-transgender hate crime, there is an onus on us to attend to differences among experiences in the wider gender-variant community.

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    Black and minority ethnic.

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    The interview was conducted as part of the research, the findings of which are published in Haynes et al. (2015) Out of the Shadows.

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    Exceptions include Germany, Greece, Scotland and England and Wales (Blair Woods 2015).

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    The research, published in Haynes et al. 2015 was commissioned by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

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    In Ireland, the vast majority of crimes are dealt with in the District Court (not a court of record) where a member of An Garda Síochána will prosecute the case on behalf of the State.

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    See for example Yu in this volume.

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Haynes, A., Schweppe, J. (2017). LGB and T? The Specificity of Anti-Transgender Hate Crime. In: Haynes, A., Schweppe, J., Taylor, S. (eds) Critical Perspectives on Hate Crime. Palgrave Hate Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52667-0_6

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