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Domestic violence in the LGBTIQA community
The LGBTIQA community face similar rates of domestic violence as the wider community but face many additional and unique barriers to its reduction.
As a community, we are doing more and more to help tackle domestic violence and ensure victims can get help. But these additional barriers make it much harder for LGBTIQA victims. The Safe Love Coalition is working to break down those barriers to ensure that everyone has access to help, regardless of their sexuality or gender. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their relationships and we cannot leave the LGBTIQA community behind as we tackle domestic violence.
(GLHV, 2015)
“The men appeared to police to be flatmates”. Police didn’t question the men separately, they left. But the same police were called to the hospital later that night, one of the men had been severely beaten. The officer expressed great regret that they did not initiate standard domestic violence procedures and separate the men to speak to them. “He recognised that he did not entertain the idea of the men as a gay couple at the time”
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