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Domtic vlence occurred at 'more than twice' the rate 'lbian or gay' relatnships.

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MANY GAY MEN SUFFER DOMTIC ABE: STUDY

The rate of domtic vlence and statistics about abe wh the LGBTQ muny are difficult to terme bee of the high number of unreported s. However, the 2010 Natnal Intimate Partner Vlence and Sexual Vlence Survey found that 44% of lbian women, 61% of bisexual women, 26% of gay men, and 37% of bisexual men experience domtic vlence by an timate partner at some pot their liv.1 One study shows that 30-50% of all transgenr people experienced timate partner vlence their lifetim.2 * gay domestic abuse rate *

However, people who are lbian, gay and bisexual have an equal or higher prevalence of experiencg timate partner vlence, sexual vlence and stalkg as pared to heterosexuals.

26% percent of gay men and 37% of bisexual men – pared to 29% of heterosexual men – experienced rape, physil vlence, and/or stalkg by an timate partner at some pot their lifetime.

* gay domestic abuse rate *

"There are external strsors, like discrimatn and vlence agast gays, and there are ternal strsors, such as ternalised negative attus about homosexualy. "Sometim homosexual dividuals project their negative beliefs and feelgs about themselv on to their partner, " he says.

"This experience prompted Rogers to set up his own Boston-based anisatn to provi help, tn and advocy for members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny who are facg domtic when he first started there was a feelg the same-sex muny that speakg out about domtic abe was "airg our dirty lndry".

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Suici and Vlence Preventn Among Gay and Bisexual Men | CDC.

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