I’m just a queer man speaking up for my trans and non-binary siblings ❤️🤷‍♂️ - without them we are not a whole community 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRightAreHumanRights

New(ish) to the Brighton restaurant scene @FurnaRestaurant excludes anyone with dairy or gluten intolerance & vegans. I received a birthday voucher to go here but they refused to even consider doing a SINGLE dish without dairy. It’s 2026. Lazy and exclusionary! AVOID.

🚨 My new open-access article is published today in Theoretical Criminology: 📄 'Conceptualizing Hate Crime as Group Oppression' Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

1/ Today’s @CommonsWEC session with the @EHRC will not have satisfied trans people that the EHRC understands their concerns, let alone wants to address them. It’s astonishing in this answer that the Chair said trans people have no reason to be worried and haven’t lost rights. 🧵

Last week, the Trust was invited by Lesotho's Ministry of Law and our partner organisation, The People’s Matrix, to deliver hate crimes and communications training in the capital Maseru. The meetings were attended by legislators, government officials, and leaders representing a broad range of civil society who benefit from protective laws. The team - comprising Emma Eastwood, our Head of Strategic Communications, our Southern Africa Senior Associate, Lesego Nchunga, and Professor @MarkaaWalters, a global expert on hate crimes from @SussexLaw - also met with the Attorney General to explore options for advancing hate crime legislation in Lesotho.

When supporting governments with protective legislation, we understand that drafting is just the starting point. For a law to be truly effective, it must be clearly understood and effectively enforced. That’s why, where possible, our technical support goes beyond the drafting process to include assistance with implementation. In March, six months after the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill was enacted in Seychelles, our Deputy Head of Legal, Rosie Brighouse, Senior Legal Consultant Wendy Boucrot, and Professor @MarkaaWalters travelled to the country to provide training to the Attorney General’s Office and the Seychelles Police Force on recognising hate crimes and applying the new legislation.

We believe the Supreme Court has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act. Over 8,000 people have supported our case - will you join us? goodlawproject.org/crowdfund…

Join our FREE @BscHcn & @BSCPolicingNet conference on "Hate Crime Perpetrators: The Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Responses” on Thursday 5th June 2025 at @TrentUni with Keynote Speaker @Jon_Garland67

🚨Call for Papers🚨 @AshKingdon, @lisa_sugiura and I are seeking contributions for an edited collection focused on Researching Hate! Further details can be found below! Closing date for submissions is Friday 28th March!

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We are thrilled to have @MarkaaWalters for our next 'Question the Professor' session on 19th Feb @BscHcn - the event is open to all ECR and PGRs interested in hate crime.

One of those rare opportunities to question a leading hate crime/law academic @BscHcn @BritSocCrim @britsoci @HCASNI @OU_SocPolCrim Wed 19 Feb 2:00 Question the Professor with @MarkaaWalters- Buy tickets at buytickets.at/bschatecrimene… via @tickettailor

End of term festive drinks with the hate crime students. It’s genuinely been an absolute pleasure teaching these amazing humans this year 🤩

When u become fearful of people who don’t look, speak or dress like u, u start imagining scenarios in ur head about how they will threaten ur security. The real trouble arises when u voice these made up events b/c, tho not true, they’re believed by others who share the same fears

Prof Sathasivan Cooper, clinical psychologist, and activist who was imprisoned with Nelson Mandela during Apartheid closes the @IntHateStudies 2024 conference. It has been an incredibly powerful and inspirational two days #INHS2024

The amazing @jschweppe sets out the aims of the Council of Europe’s recommendation on hate crime so that policies and laws are more consistent across member states 👏 #INHS2024

Powerful plenary session this morning on historical struggle songs in South Africa and current day hate speech law/cases when they are now sung. Amazing presentations! Pic of Prof Sisanda Nkoala #INHS2024

The Hon Andries Nel, Deputy Minister of Justice South Africa opens the @IntHateStudies 2024 conference “Dynamics of Hate: Examining Interdisciplinary Perpsectives” co-hosted with @unisa and @PsySSA_

Going to spend a little less time on here given its owner now actively incites hatred. Will still be keeping an eye, however, given it’s also my area of research. You can also follow me on Blue Sky @markawalters.bsky.social

What a terrible, terrible state of affairs. Some very dangerous times lie ahead. No more so than for all the minoritized people of the USA.

More polarised politics, more cultures wars, more hate bbc.com/news/articles/cd6vjy…