| Comment | I know it doesn't really help you in any immediate sense, but what happened does constitute a Hate Incident under the reformed Public Order Act, and Police Scotland are required to track and report on the frequency of such incidents.
You can report it (anonymously if you want) here: https://www.scotland.police.uk/secureforms/c3/
So even if the police can't reasonably do anything about this specific incident, it still helps to report incidents so at least the police and government know they've happened, and LGBT+ organisations can use the reported stats as evidence to improve policy around transphobia and discrimination.
Also, because of the updated legislation, you might find the Police are actually more active in pursuing this than you might expect - harrassment on the basis of sexual orientation is now considered an aggravating factor so should be taken more seriously than other such incidents. |
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