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Members of the police march at Pride in London 2019. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty) With four in five anti-LGBT+ hate crimes going unreported, three queer police officers are urging victims to trust the system and come forward with their experiences. , overall hate crime levels topped 100,000 for the first time last year, the highest number since records began. Homophobic offences jumped by a shocking 19 per cent and the biggest proportionate rise was seen in transgender hate crimes, which quadrupl...

A police officer joins a parade in Brighton (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images) With more queer people attracted to a career in the police, some are having to contend with negative reactions from their friends in the LGBT+ community. In a bid to shed the police’s “male, pale and stale” reputation and bring more diversity to the force, the UK government has launched an uplift programme to recruit 20,000 new officers in the coming years. This combined with a more inclusive working culture has ma...