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src="></picture></div></div></span><div class="CaptnWrapper-jSZdqE jCUnQr ptn ContentHearLeadAssetCaptn-hPWmSN eWQmYe"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptnCred-ejegDm iUEiRd fEOCQm fNaHcW ptn__cred">Lydia Ortiz</span></div></div></figure></div></div><asi class="PersistentAsiWrapper-VGrR oEIBz persistent-asi persistent-asi--align-left" style="posn:absolute;top:to;height:to" data-ttid="PersistentAsiWrapper"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jNgrSF sticky-box ContentHearPersistentAsi-fsnAmQ dFzKzm"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--has-background ContentHearSocialIns-jzJiyg sDfbk social-ins--share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></asi></hear></div><div data-attribute-verso-pattern="article-body" class="ArticlePageContentBackGround-cNiFNN kJkLmH article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Talkg about datg vlence is plited, particularly when n take many different forms, some <a href=">far more subtle</a> than others. When we thk about <a href=">domtic or relatnship abe</a>, we often thk of physil vlence. That’s certaly one ponent, but ’s not the only one. We tend not to thk about other symptoms of abe, like the bilatg impact of gaslightg, nstant check-ups, and fancial ntrol. Misunrstandgs surroundg abe and the ways n manift means that n be difficult for the person beg abed to intify when ’s happeng, but ’s sometim harr when the abive behavrs are takg place wh an LGBTQ person’s relatnship.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>In 2012, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a Stonewall report</a> found that one four <a href=">lbian</a>- and bisexual-intifyg women experienced domtic abe a relatnship, two thirds of which say the perpetrator was a woman. It also stated that nearly half of all gay and bisexual men have experienced “at least one cint of domtic abe om a fay member or partner sce the age of 16.” Published rearch foced on the experienc of trans and non-bary people remas extremely limed, however, 2010, fdgs om the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sttish Transgenr Alliance</a> dited that 80% of trans people have experienced “emotnally, sexually, or physilly abive behavr by a partner or ex-partner.” Dpe the staggerg figur, misnceptns surroundg queer people relatnships persist, cludg the myth that abe don’t exist relatnships which both people intify as LGBTQ.</p><p><a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Galop</a>, a leadg LGBT+ anti-vlence chary the U.K., not that stereotyp also clu ias that “abe same-sex relatnships is not as ser as heterosexual abe,” “women nnot perpetrate vlence,” and “sexual abe don’t happen same-sex relatnships; a woman nnot rape another woman and men nnot be raped.” Wh this kd of prevalent misrmatn, ’s no wonr that someone an abive queer relatnship may feel unable to talk about the harm they uld be experiencg.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Michelle*, a black, lbian, cisgenr woman, was wh her ex-partner for two years and says she experienced physil and emotnal abe. She felt unable to disclose the vlence takg place wh iends and fay, particularly bee of the way she prents and how uld be perceived by others.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="ys3xk"></div></div><p>“As a 5’6” mascule-prentg woman datg a 4’11” feme-prentg woman, I was always very vague when explag the issu that I had my relatnship,” Michelle tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>. “Beg mascule-prentg, I sometim felt that I was supposed to be her protector, spe the fact that she was physilly stronger than me.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Addnally, Michelle, like many other black women abive relatnships, faced a host of unique problems. Acrdg to <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Domtic Shelters</a>, “Black women experience domtic vlence at rat 30-50% higher than whe women,” yet are often <a href=">terred om reportg or speakg</a> about the abe due to fears of adherg to stereotyp, such as the “strong black woman” narrative and not wantg to engage wh police.</p><p>Oftentim abe n be characterized as jt another rough patch a relatnship, makg difficult to terme certa behavrs as harmful or vlent. This is further heightened when much of the rmatn and rourc around abe relat to the experienc of cisgenr, heterosexual women. David*, a whe, gay, cisgenr man, says he experienced emotnal and mental abe om his former partner who would purposefully ignore him and isolate him om other people. It wasn’t long before his former partner kicked him out of his home after accg David of makg arrangements to sleep wh other men. Maya*, a black, queer woman, says she was fancially and emotnally abed by her ex-partner who would manipulate her to givg her money, but then would make Maya feel that was her flt for beg bad wh her fanc. Naomi*, a queer, cisgenr, mixed-race woman, says she didn’t realize that she was an abive relatnship until she started directly workg domtic vlence servic. She thought that her experienc didn’t unt as abe bee, she says, she “was never physilly h or strangled,” spe beg spat on, havg her posssns taken away if she didn’t act an amenable way, and beg threatened wh rape. All three terviewe exprsed that they weren’t aware they were experiencg abe or that they had never known that such abe was possible.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="0znaqn"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="s7xfu"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>The assumptns ma about LGBTQ relatnships might act as another barrier to reportg abe. Sadie*, a queer, black, cisgenr woman, found people she told of her abe to be dismissive: “Other people didn’t view my abe as thentic bee me om another woman. They thought I should be able to overpower her or fight back.” <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Galop</a> not that the ia that abe is about strength is another mon misnceptn; acrdg to the report, the realy is that abe is about gag power and ntrol over another person, regardls of age, size, appearance, or any other physil factor.</p><p>Another unique form of abe ed agast people who intify as LGBTQ is g their sexualy or inty agast them orr to isolate and ter them. <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Domtic Vlence London</a> not that women who intify as lbian, bisexual, and queer n be threatened wh beg “outed” and havg their sexual orientatn or genr inty disclosed whout their nsent, or cricized for not beg a “real” lbian or bisexual woman if they’ve have had a prev heterosexual relatnship.</p><p>Ruby*, a bisexual, non-bary/qutng woman, says she was an emotnally and sexually abive relatnship wh a man for three years. She says she often felt isolated and whout muny the straight world and LGBTQ spac. “I thk my ex uld sense my vulnerabily and saw that as an opportuny to abe. I actually started [intifyg] as bisexual durg the perd of time I was wh my abive ex, and was somethg he ed agast me to crease my isolatn,” Ruby says. “I uldn’t be iends wh anyone of any genr, as I might cheat. He also sexualized my inty which [was] very difficult [for me] when was somethg I was really stgglg to exprs and unrstand.” Even after the relatnship end and people found out Ruby was bisexual and an abe survivor, they would assume that the trma had led her to be attracted to women, aga leadg her to qutn her inty and feel validated.</p><p>Rachel*, a mixed-race, cisgenr woman who also intifi as bisexual, was a relatnship which her ex gaslighted her and ed physil vlence durg the relatnship. She says she knew that they were not sexually patible but also believed that she owed him sex for beg wh her. “I put up wh the abe bee he was willg to stay wh me, and I need that bee I was secure. I would cry after we had sex every time. Deep down I knew that I didn't want to be wh him that way, but I uld never put my fger on what ma me cry when we were timate. I later figured out I hated . I hated sex wh a man; I felt so ed.”</p><p>The stori illtrate that there are so many <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">barriers</a> to seekg help as a queer person an abive relatnship, many of which pot to the fact that some people simply don't acknowledge that abe is real between LGBTQ people. All the stigmas n also ntribute to LGBTQ people not knowg where to turn if they do want to report abe, particularly if the victim don’t want to disclose their sexualy or genr inty to anizatns and agenci like the police, acrdg to <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Domtic Vlence London</a>. <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">End The Fear</a> also not that such agenci may “misunrstand the suatn as a fight between two men or [two] women, rather than a vlent timate relatnship, and therefore LGBT people may be disuraged om disclosg if service provirs e language which reflects heterosexual assumptns.” The tth is, there is help available if you're an LGBTQ person an abive relatnship. Organizatns like <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LGBT Domtic Abe Partnership</a>, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Love Is Rpect</a>, the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Anti-Vlence Project</a>, and many more are here to help you, bee as the numbers show, you're fely not alone.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="op2mv9"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut 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School, Acrdg to a New Survey" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl clSLtF summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX fiYQJA bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Polics</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM hlgoFI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-2" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fOAWJi summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Almost Half of LGBTQ+ Youth Feel Unsafe at School, Acrdg to a New Survey</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd eBANPJ iponZO summary-em__k">That number was higher for trans and genr expansive kids.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Jam Factora</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff jyvMGX summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 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* lgbt relationship violence *

For LGBTQ+ people, the same social termants pound wh homophobic and transphobic stigma, creatg even greater risk of IPV among the muny.

3%), vers a ltle over a quarter (29%) of heterosexual men, had experienced IPV their lifetime; gay men were slightly ls likely than heterosexual men to experience this (reported by 26%). One five (19%) lbian, gay and bisexual high school-aged stunts say they have been forced to have sex, pared wh 6% of straight stunts.

In addn, lbian, gay and bisexual high school-aged stunts report elevated rat of physil (13%) and sexual (16%) datg vlence, pared to the rat of physil (7%) and sexual (7%) datg vlence reported by their straight peers. For LGBTQ+ people, this often shows up by abers weaponizg existg homophobic and transphobic systems of stigma, discrimatn, and lack of tn around LGBTQ+ people, to perpetuate their ntrol.

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Homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and heterosexism surround the wheel to dite how the systems of hate and discrimatn n be weaponized for every technique and actn, and further create the scenars where vlence is more likely to occur. Abers may take advantage of the threat of homophobia and transphobia LGBTQ+ folks face their muni, and the impact n play on social support and enomic secury. Stereotyp around LGBTQ+ people specifilly n also be weaponized: for example, bisexual people—who are signifintly more likely than their lbian and gay peers to experience IPV--face the stereotype that they are hypersexual, which abers may explo to prsure them to unwanted sexual ntact.

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