Hiya Judith thankyou for your post.
There are allready rules of law requiring police authorities to deal with transphobic hate crime and record it as such, hate crime is so hard to prove, unless assault is involved, graffiti is another example, generally verbal insults are dealt with under the harrassment act, where a person is hauled before the magistrates court and given a behaviour order, on a second such offence, they woult be arrested on a contempt of court first charge and then subsequent offences listed seperately as hate crimes.. There are other more pressing issues, that of a spouses veto to obtaining a GRC, and then having to plead as a guilty person to unreasonable behaviour or being deemed a guilty party during a divorce. Hate crime is outlined in the UK law forum.
Trangenderism is a protected condition, both in the European human rights Charter and the Gender Recognition Act as ammended 2010. See the law forum reference a change in the passports act, there realy is no need for a third gender on UK passports, even if one does not have a gender recognition certificate.
The provision of community safety/neighbourhood services is relevant to
trans people as many experience anti-social behaviour or hate crime.
Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act requires local authorities in
England and Wales to consider crime and disorder reduction and
community safety when carrying out all service delivery and duties.
Local authorities in Scotland promote safer communities through local
community safety partnerships.
The Equalities Review research found that 46% of trans people had
experienced harassment in their neighbourhoods and that 73% had
experienced some form of harassment in public. Hate crime research
has found that nearly a third of hate crimes occur outside the victim’s
home and 20% of incidents involve neighbours.23
Transphobic hate crime is now one of the five ‘strands’ of hate crime
recorded by the police – but often trans people are reluctant to report it.
This may be because of previous bad experiences with the police or
because they fear reprisals by neighbours and that the criminal justice
process will ‘out’ them as trans (see Chapter 6). Anti-social behaviour
officers need to be alert to the possibility of victimisation of a person
because of their trans status. The GRA even with it ammendments is not complete in its entirity, one has to refer to other laws, and the ammendments made to them that facilitate changes relevant to parts of the GRA, ie the marriage act the Human rights charter, criminal law, etc.
For Judith for interest http://gendersociety.com/forums/topic/9957/temp-grc-divorce
A guide to recognising and reporting homophobic and transphobic hate crime.
Mythbusting facts ‘I can’t call the police and tell them someone called me names!’ If you’re walking down the street, or in some other public place such as a railway station, and someone shouts homophobic or transphobic abuse at you, so that you feel upset or threatened, this is a hate incident or a hate crime. The police will take it serious. Under the law they have a requirement to act,
see-: We must always be on our guard to ensure that the courts are made aware of any element of discrimination that may be present in a particular case. The CPS has a duty to ensure that where aggravating features are present in a case, the correct charge is preferred and the facts relating to motivation are brought to the attention of the sentencing court. Prosecutors must pay particular regard to the provisions of sections 28-32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (increase in sentences for racial or religious aggravation) and section 146 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA) (increase in sentences for aggravation related to disability or sexual orientation and gender).
‘Everyone has a fundamental human right to a basic level ofdignity and privacy. It is unlawful to make negative comments about anyone’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or transgender status.’
GIRES - (Gender Identity Research and Education Society) a charity also has an online reporting facility , you can choose to ask them to forward your details on to the local Police Force in your area in addition to providing them with information for their system.