LGBTQ+ and Domestic Violence

At Partners, we know that domestic violence transcends gender identity and sexual orientation. We are here to help victims of all identities.

Domestic violence is more than hitting. Abusive behaviors include:

• Threatening to out you by revealing your sexual orientation or gender identity to family, friends, or colleagues.
• Calling you offensive pronouns, such as “it,” or using intentional misgendering to make you feel inferior.
• Attacking body parts that are related to your identity.
• Controlling your access to hormone treatments.
• Accusing you of cheating and being disloyal.
• Making you feel worthless.
• Hurting you by shaking, restraining, hitting, slapping, choking, or kicking you.
• Intimidating and threatening to hurt you or someone you love.
• Threatening to hurt themselves if they don’t get what they want.
• Trying to control what you do and whom you see.
• Keeping you away from friends and family.
• Pressuring or forcing you into unwanted sex.
• Controlling your access to money.
• Stalking you by constantly calling, texting, emailing, posting on Facebook or Instagram, or following you.