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
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FACT SHEET: DOMTIC VLENCE AND LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR RELATNSHIPS
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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. Cas of timate partner vlence (IPV) were reported by around 26 percent of gay men and 37 percent of bisexual men, pared to 29 percent of straight men.
“For example, if an officer believ a sexual asslt to be ls severe… based on stereotypil assumptns about a victim who is a gay man or lbian woman asslted by his or her partner.