Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and other sexual and genr (LGBTQ+) mori experience timate partner vlence (IPV) at higher rat than heterosexual and/or cisgenr people. Provirs often are ls prepared to work wh LGBTQ+ survivors, which n be the rult of a reliance on …
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ADDRSG INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PATIENTS
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This report provis an overview of existg rearch on timate partner vlence (IPV) and sexual abe (IPSA) among lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and mak remendatns for future rearch.
Most studi reviewed for this report found a lifetime prevalence of IPV among lbian and bisexual women, gay and bisexual men, and transgenr people that is as high as or higher than the U. Acrdg to the NISVS, bisexual men seem more likely to report ever havg experienced IPV than heterosexual men, and gay men seem ls likely than heterosexual men to report ever havg experienced IPV. 9% of gay men had experienced IPV their lifetim and 12.
1% among gay men, as well as among bisexual men and MSM (Msger, 2011). Potential homophobia om staff of service provirs or om non-LGBT survivors of IPV and IPSA wh whom they may teract. LGBT survivors may fear homophobia at shelters, and sexual mory men and transgenr people may be ncerned that shelters are not open to them.