Issues in Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Considerations, Suggestions, and Resources

Issues in Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Considerations, Suggestions, and Resources is organized by National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.

Description:
According to a recent national survey, LGBT people experience domestic violence at least as commonly as heterosexual women, contradicting common misperceptions that men cannot be victims of abuse, and women cannot perpetrate abuse. This webinar, led by Jessica Newman and Cara Presley-Kimball of Fenway Health’s Violence Recovery Program, explains the unique features of same-sex domestic violence as well as the benefits of screening LGBT patients. Participants will also learn to identify barriers that LGBT victims and survivors of domestic violence face when accessing health care, legal protection, and safe shelters. There is also a brief overview of the Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health, a unique model program that is integrated into the behavioral health department of a community health center.

Objectives:
• Explain the unique features of same-sex domestic violence, including recognizing and
refuting common misperceptions
• Identify barriers faced by LGBT victims and survivors of domestic violence when accessing health care, legal protection, and safe shelters
• Explain the benefits of screening LGBT patients in health centers for domestic violence
• Access LGBT domestic violence resources

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.