A new YouGov survey reports that 84% of trans people in the UK feel unsafe. I’m surprised the figure is so low.

24% of respondents said they’d experienced physical abuse in public; 65% have experienced verbal abuse in public.

Here’s just one example from this weekend in Glasgow: friends of my eldest, teenagers, having a smoke outside a small rock gig were subjected to transphobic abuse by a man much older than them; when they told him where to go, he pulled out a large-bladed knife and threatened to kill them. Older gig-goers were alerted and chased him off.

The teenagers have been sharing photos of the man and his knife on social media to try and identify him, because they don’t believe the police will expend any effort in trying to find him. I suspect that they’re right, and that even if they do identify him he probably won’t be charged, let alone face any consequences.

The survey found that just 25% of trans people trust the police.