Campaigners say little has changed since a summer of violence rocked Liverpool's LGBT+ community.
Hundreds of people flooded the city centre after a series of attacks left gay, bisexual and transgender people bloody and bruised last year. Politicians condemned the violence and police pledged to increase patrols in hotspots around the city's nightlife.
Although the number of anti-LGBT+ hate crimes reported to Merseyside Police has fallen from a record high of 466 last summer, they've stayed at a level much higher than previously seen in Merseyside, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The data, covering up to March 2022, shows reports haven't fallen below 100 per month since April 2021, with much of this driven by reported cases of physical assault, verbal abuse and incitement to hatred in Liverpool.
