London, UK After Gay Harrin member Patricia Macleod was interviewed by a local paper about her and her girlfriend's experiences of sexist and homophobic street harassment in Harringay, North London, they issued an open invitation to local residents for a public discussion of how to tackle harassment within the community. They held the meeting during the week and 13 people attended, including two representatives from a local LGBT charity and two police officers. Collectively, they came up with a number of measures to take individually and as a group and arranged to meet again in one month's time. Patricia said, “The police officers in attendance told us that they rarely received reports about harassment, whilst the charity representatives told us of the appalling hate-crime and harassment statistics in the area. The disjunct between the two was striking and the need to take action not just in terms of awareness, but also in encouraging reporting, became apparent. The police officers were very helpful and sensitive and were ultimately able to provide very practical advice us on reporting processes.�
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