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INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, TERSEX AND QUEER MUNI
Domtic vlence occurred at 'more than twice' the rate 'lbian or gay' relatnships. * domestic abuse gay couples *
Studi show that gay men and bisexual women are more likely to experience severe physil vlence than their straight unterparts, cludg beg beaten, burned or choked. LGBT Natnal Help Center: Youth Hotle 1-800-246-PRIDE (7743); LGBT Natnal Hotle 1-888-843-4564; Sage LGBT Elr Hotle 1-888-234-7243; or Onle Chat at Gay Men’s Domtic Vlence Project Hotle: 1-800-832-1901. Typil amg of partner abe as a heterosexual issue—wh men abg women—do a disservice to victims abive homosexual months to their relatnship, Chris's boyiend José phed him to the ground a f of anger and ripped the cloth off his body.
Any attentn that I didn't give to him—whether I gave to iends, fay, or other guys, even jt other gay men who were my iends—he would get very upset if I hung out wh them too much. They all intify as homosexual, and they all have had experienc wh physilly or psychologilly abive partners who left them fancially, mentally, or emotnally damaged.
"Yej Lee, an associate at the Anti-Vlence Program New York Cy, said that the assumptn of heterosexualy has been a huge stumblg block for gays and lbians seekg refuge om an aber.
Over the past few s, the of and terventn for timate partner vlence (IPV) have been approached and studied. This paper prents a narrative review on IPV occurrg same sex upl, that is, same sex IPV (SSIPV). Dpe the myth that IPV is exclively an issue heterosexual relatnships, many studi have revealed the existence of IPV among lbian and gay upl, and s cince is parable to (Turell, 2000) or higher than that among heterosexual upl (Msger, 2011; Kelley et al., 2012). While siari between heterosexual and lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) IPV were found, unique featur and dynamics were prent LGB IPV. Such featur are maly related to intifitn and treatment of SSIPV the muny and to the need of takg to nsiratn the role of sexual mory strsors. Our fdgs show there is a lack of studi that addrs LGB dividuals volved IPV; this is mostly due to the silence that has historilly existed around vlence the LGB muny, a silence built on fears and myths that have obstcted a public discsn on the phenomenon. We intified the ma them discsed the published studi that we have reviewed here. The reviews lead to the ncln that is sential to create a place where this subject n be eely discsed and approached, both by LGB and heterosexual people. * domestic abuse gay couples *
Sce the entire movement agast domtic abe started as a battered women's movement, Lee said, we are graed to thk that victims are all are married, straight a mental health unselor wh the Vlence Revery Program Boston, Jsi Newman says that bee the flt assumptn is that people are straight, there n be an attu wh shelters that a gay person somehow “served” the vlence. '"But Newman, Lee, and Valente all add that there are also ternal factors that keep a ver of darkns over the issue of domtic vlence the gay muny.
Materials provid by the CDC for vlence preventn and survivor empowerment promently feature women their statistics and 2013, the CDC released the rults of a 2010 study on victimizatn by sexual orientatn, and admted that “ltle is known about the natnal prevalence of timate partner vlence, sexual vlence, and stalkg among lbian, gay, and bisexual women and men the Uned Stat.
For gay men, was 40 percent, and 21 percent for straight most recent statistics available on same-sex timate partner vlence om the Natnal Coaln of Anti-Vlence Programs, which foc on LGBT relatnships, reported 21 cints of timate partner homicis the LGBT muny, the hight ever. Nearly half of them were gay men and, for the send year a row, the majory of survivors were people of lor—62 2012, NCAVP programs around the untry received 2, 679 reports of timate partner vlence, a crease of around 32 percent om 2011. "Statistics are very ntroversial, " wrote Curt Rogers, executive director of the Gay Men's Domtic Vlence Program, an email.