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Contents:
- GAY MEN AND TIMATE PARTNER VLENCE: A GENR ANALYSIS
- ADDRSG INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PATIENTS
- ANTECENTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- BARRIERS TO HELP SEEKG FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE
GAY MEN AND TIMATE PARTNER VLENCE: A GENR ANALYSIS
Suici preventn and timate partner vlence for gay and bisexual men. * gay intimate partner violence *
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%).
ADDRSG INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PATIENTS
* gay intimate partner violence *
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. 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.
ANTECENTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
For stance, a 2016 report by the Natnal Coaln of Anti-Vlence Programs found that 44% of LGBTQ+ survivors of IPV were nied shelter servic when seekg help This is particularly te for transgenr, non-bary, and genr non-nformg survivors who are at risk of beg turned away, mistreated, or adnamed/misgenred shelters or servic that are segregated by sex Hatn to report out of fear of enunterg anti-LGBTQ+ stigma, driven by prr negative and discrimatory experienc wh health re provirs and stutns, the police, and the judicial system Negative experience when reportg to provirs or the police, cludg beg turned away, discrimated agast, or havg their plat dismissed, downplayed, or ignored bee perpetrator was a same-sex partner and/or survivor was LGBTQ+ Historil systemic bias agast LGBTQ+ people /same-sex upl om the police and judicial system, cludg creased risk of police btaly, creased likelihood of havg orrs of protectn enforced, and stigmatizg homophobic, transphobic, and misogynistic attus held by provirs and police, all further perpetuate distst and hatn to report. For stance, the same systems of homophobic/transphobic stigma and discrimatn that lead threat of outg to be an effective technique by abers to perpetrate IPV, may lead LGBTQ+ survivors to avoid reportg, for fear that dog so will force them to out themselv before they feel safe or ready.
BARRIERS TO HELP SEEKG FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE
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.