(BSL) Transgender identity #HateCrime - Police Scotland

Full transcription of video: Erelend - Hello, How are you? Stephanie - I am well thanks how are you? Erelend - I’m well thanks. What is your name? Stephanie - My name is Stephanie Rose and I work for Police Scotland. What is your name? Erelend - My name is Erelend Tulloch and I work for BSL Scotland. What is your role within the Police? Stephanie - My role is a National Diversity Officer. I have responsibility for disability for Scotland which includes improving access to Police services. Erelend - What are we going to talk about today? Stephanie - Today I want to talk about hate crime when the person that is being targeted is transgender. Erelend - Transgender hate crime what is that? Stephanie - In Scotland 25,000 people self-identify as transgender. If they are targeted because they are transgender then that is a hate crime. They could be targeted in different ways it could be physical abuse, verbal abuse, online abuse, there are lots of different ways of targeting someone which is a problem and this would be a hate crime. Erelend - If I am a victim of transgender hate crime what should I do? Stephanie – Police Scotland want you to report. Last year the number of transgender hate crime reports were really low. We know it’s happening and we want people to report. Erelend – How amny reports were there? Stephanie – It was really low around 60 reports in one year which is a problem as this is really low. Erelend – Why should someone report? Stephanie – You should report because if Police Scotland don’t know what is happening they can’t help. If you report we could try to catch the person responsible for the targeting, hopefully stop it happening and get you help and support from the police and other organisations. We want people to feel safe in their communities. It’s important to report and get help. Erelend – Thank you Stephanie – Thank you.