2,144
44%
40%
1 in 3
reports of intimate partner violence against LGBTQ+ people were filed in 2017. The Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Services found that between 960,000 and 3 million reports of intimate partner violence are reported annually in the general population.
of gay men have reported sexual assault at some point in their lifetime, compared to 21% of heterosexual men.
54%
of transgender individuals have experienced some form of intimate partner violence, compared to 20% of cisgender individuals.
of lesbians have reported experiencing rape, physical violence and/ or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime, compared to 35% of heterosexual women.
bisexual women have reported stalking in their lifetime, compared to 1 in 6 heterosexual women.
Resources for LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence: National Domestic Violence Hotline thehotline.org/help 800-799-7233 American Bar Association americanbar.org Know your legal rights as an LGBTQ+ survivor of domestic violence. The LGBT National Help Center glbthotline.org FORGE forge-forward.org Access services for transgender, gender nonconforming and nonbinary survivors of sexual violence. The Network La Red tnlr.org Work with a “survivor-led, social justice organization� that works to end intimate partner violence in LGBTQ+ communities.
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