The Equality Act 2010 This law replaced a range of previous laws about discrimination against different groups.

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The Equality Act 2010 This law replaced a range of previous laws about discrimination against different groups

The Act applies to nine protected groups age disability gender reassignment (transgender) marriage or civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief sex (gender) sexual orientation

It requires equal treatment for all these groups It is now illegal to discriminate against people in any of these groups. Direct discrimination; e.g. Not employing someone because of being gay, black , female etc. Indirect discrimination; e.g not making somewhere accessible for a wheelchair user

It applies to: employers businesses and organisations like banks, shops and utility companies health and care providers like hospitals and care homes someone you rent or buy a property from schools, colleges and other education providers transport services like buses, trains and taxis public bodies like government departments and local authorities.

Hate Crimes Any criminal offence that the victim or anyone else thinks is based on the following: race or ethnicity religion or beliefs sexual orientation disability transgender identity - crimes against women and girls are covered under a range of different legislation, although some people think it should be part of this list

What is hate crime? Hate crimes can include: threatening behaviour assault robbery damage to property inciting others to commit hate crimes harassment

Hate Crime statistics UK Of the 43,748 hate crimes recorded by the police in 2011-12: 82% were race hate crimes 4% were religion hate crimes 10%were sexual orientation hate crimes 4% were disability hate crimes 1% were transgender hate crimes

Hate Crime incidents reported to Sussex Police 2012-13 Race -520 Religion -23 Sexual Orientation -111 Disability -23 Transgender -4 Total 681

Reporting hate crime Hate Crime can also be reported in Brighton & Hove to the Community Safety Casework Team http://www.safeinthecity.info/getting-help This video shows how to report homophobic hate crime in Brighton and Hove https://youtu.be/94kZAqe_pf4