Sexual Asslt Amongst gay Men – Rape the LGBTQ+ Communy

Contents:

• ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
• SEXUAL ASSLT AMONGST GAY MEN
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL

‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN

Moreover, the ways which society both hypersexualiz LGBTQ people and stigmatiz our relatnships n lead to timate partner vlence that stems om ternalized homophobia and shame. 44 percent of lbians and 61 percent of bisexual women experience rape, physil vlence, or stalkg by an timate partner, pared to 35 percent of straight women26 percent of gay men and 37 percent of bisexual men experience rape, physil vlence, or stalkg by an timate partner, pared to 29 percent of straight men46 percent of bisexual women have been raped, pared to 17 percent of straight women and 13 percent of lbians22 percent of bisexual women have been raped by an timate partner, pared to 9 percent of straight women40 percent of gay men and 47 percent of bisexual men have experienced sexual vlence other than rape, pared to 21 percent of straight men. The myths clu:• ‘Real men’ nnot be raped;• Male victims of rape have very ltle emotnal trma to pe wh;• A man who is raped mt have been behavg a way that ma him appear homosexual;• If a man has been raped he should be able to pe on his own;• If a man has already had nsensual sex wh other men, his claims of rape should not be believed;• Only men who are big and strong are able to rape other men.

SEXUAL ASSLT AMONGST GAY MEN

Saga was a gay man of average stature, who liberately targeted heterosexual men.

The myths clu:• Regardls of how they intify themselv, men who rape other men are homosexual;• Men who m rape are naturally more aggrsive their day to day liv;• Most s of male rape clu the e of a weapon;• Most men would be able to fight off a male sexual attacker;• Almost all male rape occurs stutns such as prisons or the ary. And, although Saga was homosexual, of urse men who intify as heterosexual n also rape other men. An act of “barbaric” vlence where a 22-year-old gay man was gang-raped and tortured has prompted fierce reactn Brazil and is evince of a growg ti of hate crime the untry, acrdg to human rights man, who has not been named, was attacked last week Florianópolis by three armed men who ed sharp objects durg the asslt and forced him to rve homophobic slurs to his legs, said attackers left him the street where he was found and taken to hospal.

“This is a ighteng crime but ’s very mon Brazil, and vlence – not only agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people but also women, black people and immigrants – is worseng, ” said Liro Ávila, print of the Associatn Defence of Human Rights, an anisatn that helps victims of vlence Florianópolis. She said opn had been divid, wh some people shocked by the se while others jtified , sayg the man was gay.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

”In 2020, 237 LGBT people died suatns of vlence; there were 224 murrs and 13 suicis, acrdg to Gpo Gay da Bahia, the olst LGBT rights anisatn Lat Ameri.

HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL

Print Jair Bolsonaro has a long history of LGBT-phobic and misogynistic ments, cludg sayg that he is a “proud homophobe”. ”There have been other homophobic attacks the untry where objects have been ed on the victim. Prof Luiz Mott, a gay rights activist and founr of Gpo Gay da Bahia, ced the se of 17-year-old Wner Oliveira who died after attackers phed a prsed air hose om a r wash si him.