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Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Reporting homophobic incidents

A new website to help to make it easy to report homophobic hate crime is now online at www.oxhalt.co.uk.

The website is managed by Oxfordshire’s Homophobia Awareness Liaison Team (HALT).

HALT created the website to encourage more people to report incidents of homophobia in Oxfordshire. At present, around 80 per cent of homophobic hate crime is not reported, which means police are missing vital intelligence about homophobic crime.

The website provides details of the reporting options available to people, ranging from going directly to the police, to talking it over with a representative from HALT who is able to give independent support and information.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people can also use the website as a quick and accessible way of getting information about:

  • Their rights to equal treatment by service providers
  • How to stay safe when they’re on a night out
  • Local events and support for LGBT people
  • The work HALT is doing to challenge homophobia in Oxfordshire.

HALT is a multi-agency partnership which aims to challenge and eliminate all forms of homophobia in Oxfordshire. It includes Thames Valley Police, the Terence Higgins Trust, all five district councils, the county council, Oxfordshire NHS Primary Care Trust and representatives from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

For more information visit the Halt website.

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