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It could see gender, age, subcultures such as goths and sexual fetishists, and asexual people added to the list of protected characteristics covered by the law.
The commission s chairman Lord Justice Green acknowledged concerns that their proposed plan to include comments made in private homes could result in people being prosecuted for the mere giving of offence .
In England and Wales, speech stirring up hatred is only a potential offence when said in public, or in a private place where it can be listened to from outside.
Dinner table conversation will not lead to a police probe and a potential prison sentence, law chiefs say
Trans hate crime statistics ‘grossly inflated’
Trans hate crime statistics ‘grossly inflated’
28 Dec 2020
Brian Jackson
A police force has been challenged over its “gross inflation” of transgender hate crime statistics, with figures posted on its social media account labelled “a falsehood”.
Last month West Midlands Police’s LGBT+ Network claimed on Twitter that “2 in 5 trans people” had experienced a hate crime in the previous twelve months, citing Stonewall as their source.
However, official Government estimates suggest instances of hate crimes occurring against transgender people are closer to one in 80 or even one in 200.
‘Exaggerated’
Harry Miller of Fair Cop, an organisation which opposes hate crime legislation, has written to the force asking it to explain the “exaggerated” figure.