tgeu Monitoring transphobic incidents Bias indicators History of previous bias crimes/ incidents Questions that can help determine if a bias indicator is present Is there a history of similar incidents in the same area? Has the victim received harassing mails or phone calls or experienced verbal abuse based on his/her sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression? Has the victim been blackmailed that his/her sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression will be made public (e.g. the victim’s identity as LGBTI)? Entry Select one or multiple categories. The description of the source from which Examples you received the information. Witness perception + Location + Language used Guidelines Indicate the primary source of your In case of attacks against property Is the attacked/damaged property in a structure or location that belongs to LGBTI communities (e.g. LGBTI venue/bar)? information on the incident. Offender Characteristics Does the offender have a history of previous incidents/crimes with a similar modus operandi and involving other victims of the same race, religion, ethnicity/national origin, disability or sexual orientation? Does the offender have a prior history involving hate motivated conduct? Is the offender a member of, or associates with members of, an organized/ less organized hate group? Does the perpetrator, in post-arrest statements or in the commission of the crime, recognize the victim to be a member of LGBTI communities? Entry Degree of violence Was the degree of violence used against the victim particularly intense? Select one or multiple. Examples Victim + Media The description of the bias indicator (see previous field). In all cases, the victim’s perception of the because they work for a trans group) to Guidelines incident should be the defining factor in perceive the crime to have been motiva- Provide a narrative description of why determining whether it was motivated ted by hatred or bias. Therefore, it is not you believe the incident was motivated by bias or hate. A victim of a transphobic sufficient to state that the victim was a by bias or hatred. hate crime does not necessarily have to trans person for the incident to be classi- identify as a trans person (e.g. the perpet- fied as a bias-motivated incident. rator perceives them to be a trans person The number of perpetrators. Entry Use 2-3 sentences. Guidelines Indicate how many perpetrators Examples are known. The perpetrator said offensive things to the victim (calling her whore, tranny). Entry The location (street sex-work venue) Provide a number. also indicates that the perpetrator inten26 tionally went to this area to commit the Examples crime, targeting trans sex workers. 2 27