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Hate Speech

2024 Whilst sat in galleon with a friend for Xmas drinks we were approached by a man. He started to make innapropriate racist comments to us. We told him we weren’t interested in what he had to say. He then started calling us gay, just because we didn’t want to speak to him. The...

Sexual Harrasment

Aged 28, December 2024 I was playing pool with a friend when a man across the pub spotted me, came over, and started telling me how beautiful I was. After I politely made it clear I wasn’t interested, he kept pushing. He tried to put his arm around me and kept saying he just couldn’t help...

Grabbed/Groped

Aged 25, 2024 I was out with friends in the bar because we have generally felt safe there; we were at the bar where I was leaning and out of the way when a man placed both hands low down on my hips when moving past me. I saw him go into the back afterwards so I didn’t have time to...

sexually Harassed

Aged 43, 2023 Downstairs neighbour massaged his testicles through his trousers while he was talking to me on the stairs. It was my first week in my new flat. He seemed to enjoy making me upset. This was followed by separate incidences of intimidating behaviour, including knocking on my...

Verbally Abused

Aged 20 I asked a group of men next to me to move up as they were blocking my view. One of the group started verbally abusing me shouting, saying that I should stand up so I could see. He stood over me using his physical presence in a threatening way. A few of the group joined in and it...

Followed

Aged 26, 2024 I was walking through town whilst shopping and was approached by a man who asked if I had a lighter he could borrow. I told him ‘no sorry’ and walked away. After a few minutes I realised he was walking in the same direction as me which gave me the creeps. I stopped and...

Sexual Assault

Aged 58 2023 I was at work and one of the senior members of staff approached me while I was sitting at my desk. He started to rub the side of my leg and at the same time asking me if I wanted a permanent position at the company I was working for. I said no. He was also in the training...

Verbally Abused

Aged 48 2024 I was standing downstairs on the bus waiting to get off at the stop when a male turned round and said hello sweet heart, I smiled at him and carried on looking straight ahead, he wasn’t happy that I hadn’t carried on talking to him. He then started to ask what was...

Sexual Assault

DA Aged 33, 2024 I was walking down the prom, at about 17:45 on a Tuesday evening. I was walking with my 14 year old daughter, and as we walked along a man cycled past and slap groped by buttock as hard as he could. I yelped in pain as he cycled off laughing. I shouted at him that it was...

Followed

Alice Aged 27, 2024 I chose to walk down the path nearest the beach. Once I was walking down I noticed a man of around 50, around 5ft10 and with dark hair watching me as I walked nearer. I moved as far to the side of him as possible. He said hello and asked how I was, I said hello back...

Drink Spiking

2023, Aged 55 I have no recollection past 11.30. I was not drunk. I had been given rohypnol and opiates. I spoke to the licensee and his pal had put in the cctv and it only saved for 10 days instead of the mandatory 30. He said he had saved the footage for me. When the police got involved...

Drink spiking

2022, Aged 19 Went for a drink with work colleagues. Not sure about when I got spiked, but I ended up coming to sitting near the pub, with a man groping me saying that he was going to bring me to his place. I got up and ran off, leaving all my stuff (ID, wallet, etc) in the panic...

Indecent exposure

2023, Aged 26 I was waiting for my fiancé to pick me up after going out for a few drinks but it was raining so I stood under the shelter of the car park entrance. A man came in, started talking to me then pulled his penis out whilst looking at me, began to urinate so I looked away. He...

Sexually assaulted

2022, Aged 13 i was walking through town at around 7:30pm in december and eventually happened to find myself separated from my friends. i was upset as my phone was very low on battery and i had to make my way back home to fleetwood. in such a state when a ‘friendly’ group of boys came...

Catcalled

Kestrel, Aged 17 16/07/2024 I was sat in the restaurant near a window eating with my best friend before going to watch some of our friends in a college performance. I’m autistic so I sometimes stare into nothing – this was happening when some random older guy blew a kiss at me...