NVAW Survey on LGBTI Intimate Partner

NVAW Survey on LGBTI Intimate Partner

In regards to intimate partner violence (IPV), heterosexual women are the primary target for both screening and intervention. However, when it comes to the members of the LGBTQQI have been neglected despite them having a similar prevalence of intimate partner violence and its detrimental health effects (Rolle et al., 2018)2. The medical community has ignored men as a whole in domestic violence cases, and the situation only gets worse for male victims of the LGBTQQI community.

According to the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAW), 35.4% of women and 21.5% of men cohabitating with a same-sex partner reported experiencing physical abuse in their relationships (Ard et al., 2011). These numbers are compared to the corresponding rates of women and men in heterosexual relationships, whereby 7.1% of men and 20.4% of women reported experiencing physical abuse in their lifetime (Ard et al., 2011). Yet another five-year study on 3000 gay men showed that physical abuse of 22.0% and sexual abuse at 5.1%, while that of the opposite-sex couple was at 20.4% and 4.4%, respectively (Ard et al., 2011). Additionally, transgender individuals have been shown to suffer more from intimate partner violence. The rates of physical abuse of a transgender person by their partner were shown to be 34.6% compared to that of a lesbian or gay person at 14 % (Ard et al., 2011).

In conclusion, the findings that members of the LGBTQQI community face high rates of intimate gender violence defy the conventional notion that domestic violence only affects heterosexual women. By shedding light on this largely neglected issue using the NVAW survey, awareness will be created, and IPV services, which are severely limited for LGBTQQI individuals, can be provided.

References

Rolle, L., Giardina, G., Caldarera, A. M., Gerino, E., Brustia, P. (2018). When intimate partner violence meets same-sex couples: A review of same-sex intimate partner violence. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1506.

Ard, K. & Makadon, H. J. (2011). Addressing intimate partner violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 26(8), 930-933.

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