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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

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

7. Hate Crime statistics UK
Of the 43,748 hate crimes recorded by the police in :
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

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

10. Reporting hate crime
Hate Crime can also be reported in Brighton & Hove to the Community Safety Casework Team
This video shows how to report homophobic hate crime in Brighton and Hove