By CA Senator Mark Leno 8/19/2013

“…Today’s signature by Gov. Brown helps keep California families safe by ensuring that survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking and other abuses can relocate when their lives are in danger,” said Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. “SB 612 strikes the right balance between protecting the safety of survivors and ensuring the certainty of contracts between landlords and renters.”…”

Read the entire article: http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/2013-08-19-governor-signs-leno-legislation-strengthening-protections-survivors-domestic-violenc

By The Sacramento Bee 7/11/2013

“The woman who held the top job at the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence has resigned from her job in the wake of her own arrest on suspicion of assaulting her boyfriend.”

Read the entire article: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/11/5559201/anti-abuse-groups-director-quits.html

By Change.org – Petition

“In their recent “Hot Shot Bites” commercial, which can be viewed in full at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRH9NBcd33k, Kentucky Fried Chicken depicts an act of domestic violence committed against a man by a woman.”

View the petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/kentucky-fried-chicken-stop-making-light-of-domestic-violence

                                                                                                                                          

 

                             Press Release:  August 6, 2013                           Subject: SAFE Announces New Initiatives

Stop Abuse for Everyone™ (“SAFE”) is a gender inclusive domestic violence information and education 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999.  The mission of SAFE is to provide information and education to support and assist all victims of family abuse.  SAFE has been endorsed by The National Crime Prevention Council, “Dear Abby” and recognized by the White House as a “National Point of Light.”

A key mission of SAFE is to act as an information source for all victims and concerned friends and relatives to locate non-discriminatory help. Our new and improved website: www.stopabuseforeveryone.org now provides a state-by-state guide.   

The new website has state-of- the- art functions and hosts a new forum area for survivors of intimate partner and family violence to share their stories and get help from others with similar experiences. SAFE is also now on Facebook and Twitter.

Our FREE printer-friendly brochures for gay, lesbian, and heterosexual male victims of intimate partner abuse are available for all agencies and individuals.

In addition, visitors to the website can count on SAFE to be an accurate center for information and research about family violence. Updates are posted on a regular basis. 

Members of our nationally recognized Speakers Bureau are available for professional presentations and media interviews.  

Stop Abuse For Everyone™ is primarily funded by donations from individuals. There is no paid staff. All donations help. Your donation can made by Internet by clicking on this DONATE.  SAFE is a tax exempt 501(c)3 organization. If you are not a member please join, here.  If you are a member please bring us one new member each year, think of the possibilities.

Much remains to be done in order to ensure the safety and civil rights of everyone to be free from family abuse from any source. SAFE is committed to this mission and we invite everyone to join us.

Press contact # only: (503) 389-2111

SAFE does not operate a hotline/crisis line at this number for individual cases,  please refer to our website for appropriate referrals. www.stopabuseforeveryone.org

 

By CDC

“Homophobia, stigma, and discrimination persist in the United States and negatively affect the health and well-being of gay, bisexual, other men who have sex with men (MSM), and other members of the LGBT community.”

Read the entire article: http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/stigma-and-discrimination.htm

By The Blaze 7/22/2013

“In the wake of Emma Roberts’s arrest for allegedly battering her boyfriend, Philip W. Cook writes on the shockingly high number of women who beat their partners—and why it’s harder for the men to find help.”

Read the entire article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/07/22/reverse-domestic-violence-when-men-are-the-victims.html

By Springer Publishing

Quarterly ISSN: 19466560 eISSN: 19466579

Springer Publishing Company journal Partner Abuse just published the final installment of the most comprehensive review of the scholarly domestic violence research literature ever conducted. It concluded, among other things, that women perpetrate physical and emotional abuse, and engage in control behaviors, at comparable rates to men. The Partner Abuse State of Knowledge project, or PASK, is an unparalleled three-year research project, conducted by 42 scholars at 20 universities and research centers, and including information on 17 areas of domestic violence research. Watch a video interview with Partner Abuse Editor-in-Chief and PASK Director, John Hamel, discussing PASK’s key findings and policy implications, or read the PASKnews release!

By Robert Franklin, Esq. – Fathers and Families 4/15/2013

“…More married men (2.3 per cent) suffered from partner abuse last year than married women, according to the latest British Crime Survey. Yet help is still much harder to find for men. …”

Read the entire article:  http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/2013/04/15/uk-more-married-men-dv-victims-than-married-women/

 

By Laws.com 4/9/2013

“…The murder trial of Jodi Arias serves as a reminder that men, just like women, can be and are also victims of domestic violence. …”

Read the entire article: http://criminal.laws.com/criminal-news/saving-our-men-the-domestic-abuse-helpline-for-men-women-36561.html

By Carolyn Hax – The Washington Post 4/11/2013

“The last few times I’ve been out with my buddy and his wife, she’s made some really derogatory remarks to him, if not outright screamed at him. He seems really cowed by her, like he’s just trying to placate her so she’ll stop yelling and calling him names. He hardly talks now.”