transgender identity and disability). We often hear of how hate crimes are on the rise, but this is largely due to this relatively recent policy of ‘perception’ as the defining factor. Even the Home Office concedes that rising hate crime statistics have been caused by this broadening of definitions and changes in how such incidents are recorded. This is also why politicians so often reiterate the view that the transgender community are one of the most abused and marginalised groups in society, in spite of overwhelming evidence that this is not the case. The narrative of a widely demonised
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