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# Hate crime up in France
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/hate-crime-up-in-france/
- Published: 2020-05-26T09:42:44.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-27T17:19:23.000Z
- Description: Hate crime up 36% in France
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, France, Hate crimes

[![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/images_blog_posts_steve-600.png)](https://www.gscene.com/news/hate-crime-up-in-france/attachment/images%5Fblog%5Fposts%5Fsteve-600/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

French National Police figures show homophobic and transphobic hate crime in France was up 36% last year, with reports from 1,870 victims.

Three quarters were men and nearly two thirds (62%) were under 35 years old. 33% of the cases involved insults while 28% included physical violence or sexual attacks.

The figures are up from 2018’s 1,380 cases and LGBT+ hate crime charit[y **SOS Homophobie**](https://twitter.com/SOShomophobie?ref=scenemag.co.uk) said the real numbers are higher as many victims don’t come forward.

[![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/602x338_cms600400.jpg)](https://www.gscene.com/news/hate-crime-up-in-france/attachment/602x338%5Fcms600400/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

SOS Homophobie’s own report shows the charity handled 2,396 cases in 2019, a rise from 1,905 the previous year. It said cases have doubled since the charity’s first report in 2013, with an ‘alarming increase’ of 130% in physical attacks against trans people.

According to recent [Research from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)](https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/6-in-10-european-lgbt-people-are-too-frightened-to-hold-a-partners-hand-in-public/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), 60% of LGBT+ EU citizens always or often avoided holding a same-sex partner’s hand in public for fear of being assaulted, threatened or harassed. But the figure in France is above that average at 72%.