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Domestic Abuse: How to Help Someone You Think Might Be at Risk

By Alison Gregory — 2020

A common concern is feeling like you don’t know enough to respond well, but simply listening can help someone to break the silence around their situation.

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Could You Be a Victim of Domestic Violence? | Ben Bjarnesen | TEDxUQ

Domestic violence is insidious and widespread—but how do we handle this issue in the context of same-sex relationships? Ben Bjarnesen is an educator and campaigner who believes that all people, no matter what their sexuality or gender identity is, deserve the right to live a life free from domestic...

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2021
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‘The Day Ahead’ Looks at LGBTQ Domestic Violence

An in-depth look by Newsy’s morning show on how the complicated issue of domestic violence can be even more difficult in the LGBTQ community.

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2018
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Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship

When you are showered with attention, it can feel incredibly romantic and can blind you to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when attentiveness becomes domination? In some relationships, the desire to control leads to jealousy, gaslighting, threats, micromanaging—even physical violence.

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Lisa Aronson Fontes
2025
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Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence

Domestic violence in gay male relationships is the third largest health problem for gay men in America today. Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them breaks the silence surrounding gay male domestic violence and exposes this hidden yet prevalent and destructive problem.

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David Island
1991
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In the Dream House: A Memoir

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse.

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Carmen Maria Machado
2020
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Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

Written by and for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Written on the Body offers support, guidance and hope for those who struggle to find safety at home, in the body, and other unwelcoming places.

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Lexie Bean
2018
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The NBA Player Fighting for LGBTQ Equality

After Reggie Bullock’s sister, Mia, a trans woman, was tragically murdered in 2014, Reggie made it his mission to spread awareness about issues facing the LGBTQ community.

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2019
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Oppression and the Body: Roots, Resistance, and Resolutions

Asserting that the body is the main site of oppression in Western society, the contributors to this pioneering volume explore the complex issue of embodiment and how it relates to social inclusion and marginalization.

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Christine Caldwell (editor), Lucia Bennett Leighton (editor)
2018
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Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships

I did keep saying Lesbian relationships, but some people don’t label their situation that way....but this is speaking on the problems in general with Women putting their hands on other Women. We gotta stop normalizing that type of behavior!

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2021
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Toxic Abuse in LGBT Relationships: Lesbian Narcissistic Abusers Are Different

Toxic relationships know no boundaries—and narcissistic abusers come in every color, shape and size—not to mention every race, culture, creed, religion, weight, sexual orientation and zipcode.

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2016
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