As we write these acknowledgements we do so with a palpable sense of relief and with enormous gratitude to those who made it possible. We had wanted to write this book for some years prior to now but a combination of things kept getting in the way: new roles, new research projects, new family members, new challenges, new commitments … and new excuses. Fortunately, we managed to get our heads together, signed a contract and here we are writing our acknowledgements. Finally. Hurrah! This book simply couldn’t have been written without the consent, support and inspiration provided by our research participants. We speak at length within this book about the challenges associated with undertaking sensitive fieldwork of this nature but these pale into irrelevance when set against the kinds of challenges that many thousands of hate crime victims have to contend with on a daily basis. We are enormously grateful to our research participants for sharing their stories with us and for allowing us into their lives. We hope that you, the reader, can take as much inspiration as we did from their narratives.