Addrsg Intimate Partner Vlence Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Patients - PMC

Contents:

• M STORY OF ABE A MALE GAY RELATNSHIP
• GAY MAN DETAILS THE PHYSIL AND MENTAL ANGUISH OF HIS ABIVE RELATNSHIP
• BT GAY ROMANCE WH ABED/TRMATIZED CHARACTERS
• ADDRSG INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PATIENTS

M STORY OF ABE A MALE GAY RELATNSHIP

Abive partners LGBTQIA* relatnships — Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex and Asexual — e the same tactics to ga ntrol of their partners as abers heterosexual relatnships.

GAY MAN DETAILS THE PHYSIL AND MENTAL ANGUISH OF HIS ABIVE RELATNSHIP

Homophobia and transphobia mak harr to speak out. They do this by llg them nam like “homo, ” playg on genr securi, like sayg “you’re actg like a girl” or prsurg their victim sexually. Supportg anizatns and that fight agast transphobia, homophobia, and biphobia also helps to crease the barriers to reportg and crease accs to rourc that n help LGBTQIA* victims and survivors of datg and sexual vlence.

A ltle about myself first; I am a 48 year old gay male, that me out late life. I was origally troduced to X after chattg wh him on a gay datg/pick up applitn. It do not happen often my experience that you meet someone the gay muny that is attractive, tablished and well balanced (that was my imprsn for a very long time).

BT GAY ROMANCE WH ABED/TRMATIZED CHARACTERS

Although I was gay, I was not openly gay prr to X. Before X moved I admted to my fay, cludg extend fay that I was a homosexual.

I did tell him I uld provi him wh a 1 800 gay help le to help him al wh his sexualy. 26% of gay men and 37. Claimg that no one will help the abed partner bee s/he is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, or implyg bee of this they serve the abe.

ADDRSG INTIMATE PARTNER VLENCE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PATIENTS

Studi show that gay men and bisexual women are more likely to experience severe physil vlence than their straight unterparts, cludg beg beaten, burned or choked.

LGBT Natnal Help Center: Youth Hotle 1-800-246-PRIDE (7743); LGBT Natnal Hotle 1-888-843-4564; Sage LGBT Elr Hotle 1-888-234-7243; or Onle Chat at Gay Men’s Domtic Vlence Project Hotle: 1-800-832-1901.