The thor of Love Is Not Abe shar his personal story about survivg DV a gay relatnship and how to break ee.
Contents:
- SIGNS OF ABE LBIAN AND GAY RELATNSHIPS
- 'IT HAPPENS GAY RELATNSHIPS TOO': THE STORY BEHD A DOMTIC VLENCE BARET
SIGNS OF ABE LBIAN AND GAY RELATNSHIPS
Domtic vlence occurred at 'more than twice' the rate 'lbian or gay' relatnships. * domestic violence gay relationships *
"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".
'IT HAPPENS GAY RELATNSHIPS TOO': THE STORY BEHD A DOMTIC VLENCE BARET
"Across town, The Network La Red - an anisatn that began workg wh abed lbians, but now clus gay, bisexual, and transgenr muni - was experiencg the same problem. Rogers says thgs started to improve quickly when, 2004, Massachetts beme the first state to make possible for gay men and women to marry. "It had a ripplg effect through multiple different stutns - crimal jtice, the urts, police and healthre, " he the 1990s, police would often fail to take domtic abe a gay male relatnship serly.
"Boston has a large gay and lbian populatn and we don't treat people any differently.