Outside of the larger cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh, fag bashings have either been on the rise since 2005 or there has been a huge increase in awareness and reporting of the crimes as being related to sexuality. The problem seems most prevalant in Central Scotland.

In the town of Strathclyde, for instance, reported cases of hate crimes skyrocketed from 50 in 2005 to over two hundred in the past year.  Guess they really fucking hate Little Britain in Strathclyde!

The Record notes that reporting may be improving, but that in the case of one police force records are not kept at all regarding homophobic crime. 

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