Suici preventn and timate partner vlence for gay and bisexual men.
Contents:
- ARE GAY & LBIAN COUPL AS VLENT AS STRAIGHT COUPL?
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
ARE GAY & LBIAN COUPL AS VLENT AS STRAIGHT COUPL?
Domtic vlence occurred at 'more than twice' the rate 'lbian or gay' relatnships. * violence couple gay *
For LGBTQ+ people, the same social termants pound wh homophobic and transphobic stigma, creatg even greater risk of IPV among the muny.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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.
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.