Posts tagged domestic violence

One in 10 LGBTQI people in Australia are at risk of domestic and family violence, says a new report launched this week by Equality Australia, The Centre For …

In a “first for the state”, LGBTQI victim-survivors of domestic violence will have access to more help and resources with the announcement of federal funding.  …

New research published today by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) indicates that LGBTQI people struggle to find support services for domestic and …

A selection of submissions made to the Attorney General’s Department in response to the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill have been made available on their website.  …

Mhelody Polan Bruno would never know the impact that her death would have on the LGBTQI and Filipino communities in NSW, bringing strangers together to …

The project is seeking voices of LGBTIQ people with lived experience of domestic and family violence willing to share their stories and advocate for awareness of the issue.

51 per cent of respondents also agreed that sexual coercion and pressure were common among gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and queer men.

The project will be discontinued after 30 June, 2019 if the Inner City Legal Centre can’t raise the necessary funds to keep it afloat.

“Many white cis gays feel that it’s not their fight. Trans rights are a trans issue. Racism is a problem for people of colour. Women will figure out misogyny, and so on.”

“Research shows that LGBTIQ people suffer domestic and family violence at the same rates, or perhaps even higher, than the broader community.”