Douglas Todd: Domestic violence striking same-sex Canadian partners  

By Douglas Todd – Vancouver Sun 07/20/2019

“Many LGBTQ advocates maintain it’s important for law-enforcement officials to understand that gays, lesbians and bisexuals can be under additional pressures in volatile domestic situations, including fear of being treated unfairly if they report to police, fear of contributing to stigmatization of LGBTQ people and, in some cases, fear of having their sexual orientation ‘outed’ to society.”