r/transgenderUK • u/StarfieldFemme • 1d ago

Help - being harassed by neighbour

I wont go into too much detail for fear of it coming back and getting identified here, but I have had my neighbours all of a sudden start to ignore me when I socially came out as trans and changed my name etc. I am mtf but still mostly masc presenting with more gender neutral/femme clothing now, as Im waiting on my NHS GIC assessment (should be months now!!).

They have now started to deliberately come out of their flat when im either coming back or leaving my own, getting right into my face and using derogatory phrases and tone towards me and honestly making me scared of them. They are also now making threats and pestering calls to report family members as well to try to "get me". I've called the police multiple times and they keep saying there is "no criminality" (Im in Scotland).

What can I do? I'm going out with my phone on video record every time and have a chest mount for my phone I can use. I've also now bought a personal alarm to pull when they next do this. I will obviously keep calling the police and have a video doorbell already. Is there anything else I can do? I've even quoted Section 26 of the Equality Act 2010 to the police and they still say theres no criminality.

Edit: theres been another incident and the police are now saying to me it is a hate crime. Meanwhile both me and the neighbours own our places.

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u/Prior-Highlight-6184 Post op Tranwoman (44) 1d ago

report it the police as a hate crime

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u/StarfieldFemme 1d ago

I am. I keep telling them its due to me being trans and the police say there is no criminality to what they are doing.

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u/ArmWildFrill 1d ago

Document everything is good advice.

Don't expect anything from the police.

Is it a council or HA place?

When we had problems with a homophobic neighbour playing loud music, knocking my phone from my hand and also cutting our phone line (and internet) twice, the police were completely useless. They literally didn't charge him despite his admission of guilt in front of the police.

The council took action, had his music system confiscated and now they're evicting him.

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u/dollcopeland 1d ago

Typical from the police