The purpose of this study was to exame gay male relatnships where domtic vlence was prent. Qualative data for this enavor were llected by nductg -pth terviews over an 8-month perd wh 25 men who self-intified both as homosexual and as victims or perpetrators of domti …
Contents:
- IT WAS MY FLT—WHY GAY MALE VICTIMS OF DOMTIC VLENCE OFTEN DISMISS IT
- EXPLORG VLENCE AND ABE GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS
- GAY MEN AND TIMATE PARTNER VLENCE: A GENR ANALYSIS
- INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, TERSEX AND QUEER MUNI
IT WAS MY FLT—WHY GAY MALE VICTIMS OF DOMTIC VLENCE OFTEN DISMISS IT
It's more mon than we thk and yet remas one of the most stigmatized experienc for gay men: domtic abe. It's likely to be dismissed by law enforcement, iends and fay members, and the victims themselv. As one man said, "When someone talks me through 's pretty obv — but when I'm the middle of , I jt figure out reasons why 's not that bad and ways 's probably my flt." * domestic violence in gay male relationships *
"There are external strsors, like discrimatn and vlence agast gays, and there are ternal strsors, such as ternalised negative attus about homosexualy. "Sometim homosexual dividuals project their negative beliefs and feelgs about themselv on to their partner, " he says. "This experience prompted Rogers to set up his own Boston-based anisatn to provi help, tn and advocy for members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny who are facg domtic when he first started there was a feelg the same-sex muny that speakg out about domtic abe was "airg our dirty lndry".
EXPLORG VLENCE AND ABE GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS
Domtic vlence occurred at 'more than twice' the rate 'lbian or gay' relatnships. * domestic violence in gay male relationships *
"Across town, The Network La Red - an anisatn that began workg wh abed lbians, but now clus gay, bisexual, and transgenr muni - was experiencg the same problem.
Rogers says thgs started to improve quickly when, 2004, Massachetts beme the first state to make possible for gay men and women to marry.
"It had a ripplg effect through multiple different stutns - crimal jtice, the urts, police and healthre, " he the 1990s, police would often fail to take domtic abe a gay male relatnship serly.
GAY MEN AND TIMATE PARTNER VLENCE: A GENR ANALYSIS
* domestic violence in gay male relationships *
"Boston has a large gay and lbian populatn and we don't treat people any differently.
INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, TERSEX AND QUEER MUNI
Campaigners say awarens of the problem of vlence gay relatnships will be helped by last year's rethorisatn of the feral Vlence agast Women Act which now clus a provisn for means any fundg that through the act - even stat that do not regnise civil partnerships or gay marriage - now has to go to everyone, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty. "So far 's liberal stat like Massachetts that have done most to support gay victims of domtic vlence, but the signs are that the ti may be slowly begng to change across the untry.
Studi show that gay men and bisexual women are more likely to experience severe physil vlence than their straight unterparts, cludg beg beaten, burned or choked. LGBT Natnal Help Center: Youth Hotle 1-800-246-PRIDE (7743); LGBT Natnal Hotle 1-888-843-4564; Sage LGBT Elr Hotle 1-888-234-7243; or Onle Chat at Gay Men’s Domtic Vlence Project Hotle: 1-800-832-1901.