A Lancashire woman is fronting a new hate crime campaign after being abused in the street for the way she looks.
Punk rocker Jodie Foulds, 20, is appearing on billboards across Blackburn and Darwen encouraging people not to judge on the grounds of appearance.
The huge billboard features a picture of pink-haired Jodie and reads: "It's not a crime to look different - so please don't make it one."
Jodie, who also cares for her 74-year-old grandmother, said: "People should try and accept other people.
"And obviously don't judge a book by its cover."
Blackburn with Darwen Council chose Jodie to be the face of the campaign as an upstanding member of the local community.
The initiative aims to ericate prejudice as figures show young people who look and dress alternatively are 10% more likely to be victims of crime
Jodie, who has been spat at in the street because of her appearance, added: "It's saying don't punish them because they look different because they're the ones most likely to get it in the neck; the ones that do have a lot more to put up with."
"I think it is more that they are uneducated and don't understand why you look different."
Jodie is also involved in the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, an anti-hate campiagn which was set up in memory of Sophie, who was kicked to death in a park in Bacup in 2007 because she was a Goth.
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