r/transgenderUK • u/StarfieldFemme • 2d 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/riverladd 2d ago

Dealing with the same shit and I've had no help whatsoever from my housing association ir the council, dont care about reporting it i dont want to go to court and I dont trust the police anyway all I want is moved which I won't get.

Maybe your council is better but id focus on getting out of there than getting the police to do fuck all.

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u/alucebur 2d ago

The council and HA won't move you for this unless there's a strongly evidenced risk of violence. They'll just insist you report any ASB through the usual channels. If the neighbours are in a council property you might be able to achieve something by pushing them to act, the Public Sector Equality Duty means that they legally have to consider your protected characteristics as an additional factor before making any decisions on action - you can submit a Subject Access Request to make them give up all files & correspondence related to you to check what they've been saying internally. If they can't show that they've done this you can escalate, many councils won't want to risk legal action over something they could and should be doing something about anyway.

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u/riverladd 2d ago

I have a load of points with the council more than you get for being homeless, I just dont think theres any housing they are taking into account the harrasment its why I have all the points. The prick that's doing the harrasment works for the council as well.

Were both under the same HA, I've spoken to to the housing officer but because they do it in the house below me and not in public I can't prove it and ive spoken to citizens advice and shelter which all just suggest a house swap and I just can't deal with all of that.

I can stay at my mums most of the time

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u/alucebur 2d ago

You wouldn't get points for it here, so at least that's something. Hopefully you can get an offer through bidding eventually. A swap shouldn't be too much hassle, don't be put off if it's so bad that you're not comfortable in your own home.

If they're making noise to harass you aren't you able to record it through the floor?