By Police Scotland, January 2025 Issue
“…Underreporting is an issue within the LGBTQI+ community and we want to build trust and confidence that every report of domestic abuse will be treated sensitively and investigated thoroughly. We’ve developed this new advert in partnership with LGBTQI+ support groups….”
Read the entire article: https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2025/january/police-scotland-launches-new-advert-highlighting-domestic-abuse-in-lgbtqi-relationships/
By Pipe Dream, 11/7/2024
“…Organizers described how myths surrounding domestic violence in queer relationships are perpetuated over time. One of the biggest factors they discussed was stigma, as some hold the belief that LGBTQ+ relationships cannot be abusive…” “…Research has shown that rates of interpersonal violence among LGBTQ+ college students are as high as 50 percent…”
Read the entire article: https://www.bupipedream.com/ne
By Advocate, 10/16/24
“…The vast majority of LGBTQ+ community centers (73 percent) reported experiencing anti-LGBTQ+ threats or harassment over the past two years, according to the 2024 LGBTQ Community Center Survey Report from the Movement Advancement Project and CenterLink. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-community-centers-threats-violence
By Q News, 10/10/24
“…“The landmark National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study led by AIFS indicated that approximately 15% of people aged 65+ reported an experience of elder abuse in the 12 months prior – including physical, sexual, financial or neglect,” Dr Gahan said. …”
Read the entire article: https://qnews.com.au/new-study-to-investigate-abuse-and-mistreatment-of-older-lgbt-people/
By Indepedent.co, 09/12/24
“…When comedian James Barr met his ex, he thought he’d finally found his soulmate, but their relationship quickly became a source of constant fear. He tells Helen Coffey about how he found the strength to leave – and why we need to talk more about domestic violence in the queer community…”
Read the entire article: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gay-man-domestic-abuse-violence-lgbt-b2610980.html
By Gilmore Heath News, 07/15/2024
“…Approximately 17-45% of lesbians affirm having been on the receiving end of domestic violence perpetrated by a lesbian partner. On the other hand, compared to gay relationships, they experience a lower incidence of domestic violence as evidenced by a 26% prevalence rate…”
Read the entire article: https://www.gilmorehealth.com/higher-incidence-of-abuse-in-intimate-relationships-involving-women-compared-to-male-only-partnerships/#google_vignette
By Phila, 06/21/2024
“…unfortunately, people who identify as LGBTQ+ are at greater risk of sexual and intimate partner violence (IPV) throughout their lives. This is not because LGBTQ+ relationships are more violent or abusive than others. Rather, LGBTQ+ people, like people from other marginalized identities, experience violence and abuse at higher rates related to heightened vulnerability…”
Read the entire article: https://www.phila.gov/2024-06-21-creating-powerful-collaborations-for-safe-lgbtq-relationships/
By The Sector, 05/26/2024
“…May 28, for example, is LGBTQIA+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day, which was inaugurated in Brisbane in 2020 by the LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation. Recent findings suggest that Domestic Violence, in an LGBTQIA+ context, is more nuanced than in other sections of society…”
Read the entire article: https://thesector.com.au/2024/05/28/lgbtqia-domestic-violence-awareness-day-is-a-great-time-to-reflect-on-inclusion/
By Counseling Today
“…This belief that IPV happens only or mainly to straight, cisgender women prevents many LGBTQ+ people from recognizing that they may be in an abusive relationship and that they have the right to seek protection from their abuser. “LGBTQ+ intimate partner violence has been relatively invisible to not only members of the LGBTQ+ community but our society in general,” Holt says…”
Read the entire article: https://www.counseling.org/publications/counseling-today-magazine/article-archive/article/legacy/addressing-intimate-partner-violence-with-lgbtq-clients
By Sarah Hooper – Metro, 02/05/2024
“…A mum-of-two who helped run a refuge for domestic abuse victims has been jailed after driving her own wife to the brink of suicide. Rita Araujo, 31, who worked for a domestic violence charity, was arrested after police had to talk her wife Rose Garnock-Jones down from a bridge…”
Read the entire article: https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/05/mum-helped-run-womens-refuge-jailed-domestic-abuse-20225324/
