paul murphy—kasp has the details. attacked outside a nightclub. set upon during a bus journey on a night out. just two of the growing number of hate crimes against london's growing lgbtq+ community. will was attacked on the tube last october. they grabbed hold of me and got me in a headlock, they threatened to stab me and told me to apologise for being gay. my friends tried to get them off me. they held me in such a tight headlock i couldn't breath. really awful abuse they were shouting at us. many consider london to be one of the safest cities in the world to be gay, but according to a recent yougov and pride poll, half of lgbtq+ londoners have been victims of abuse over sexuality or gender identity, and according to figures from the met, that number is on the rise. in 2014, just over 1,100 hate crimes were reported in london against the lgbtq+ community. that has increased steadily and last year had doubled to 2,094. there is a spike in the summer months, but police say it is hard to attribute that to pride season. we do patrols in any areas whe

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paul murphy—kasp has the details. growing number of hate crimes against london's lgbt+ community. will has also been the victim of hate crime. he was attacked on the tube last october. they grabbed hold of me and got me in a headlock. they threatened to stab me and told me to apologise for being gay. my friends were trying to get them off me. they had me in a headlock, i couldn't breathe. yeah, it was really awful abuse that they were shouting at us. many consider london to be one of the safest cities in the world to be gay, but according to a recent yougov and pride in london poll, half of lgbt+ londoners have been victims of abuse over their sexuality and gender identity. according to figures from the met, that number is on the rise. in 2014, just over 1,100 lgbt+ hate crimes were reported in london. that's increased steadily since then and last year had doubled to 2,094. the number of cases spikes during the summer months. the police say it's hard to attribute that spike to pride season. we do patrols in every area