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.
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.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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.